Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have dismantled two terrorist groups in the country’s northwest, killing nearly two dozen of their elements in clashes, Press TV reports.

Brigadier General Majid Arjmandfar, an IRGC commander, said on Saturday that the two terror cells were successfully busted in the provinces of Kordestan and West Azerbaijan.

They were among five terror groups in total operating in northwestern Iran with the aim of destabilizing the country, he added.

He said IRGC forces killed 23 of the terrorists in the clashes and inflicted heavy damage on their bases near the border line.

The counterterrorism operations are underway in the northwestern parts of the country, said the commander, adding that “since last year, Saudi and US intelligence networks have launched a unified agenda to create insecurity in Iran.”
Source: MENA