Press TV- Iranian security forces have thwarted acts of terror by more than 30 terrorist cells other than Daesh Takfiri group in recent years, an official with Iran's Intelligence Ministry says.
"More than 30 armed terrorist groups hadplansto carry out measures over the past few years to makethe country insecure and disturb the peace of the [Iranian] people," the deputy intelligence minister for counter-terrorism said in the southern city of Shiraz on Sunday.
He added that all the terrorist moves hadbeen foiled thanks to the vigilance of the Iranian people and great efforts by security forces in cooperation with Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Army, the police force and the judicialsystem.
The unnamed Intelligence Ministry's official stressed the importance of remaining vigilant in the face of new plots by terrorists and their regional and international supporters.
The IRGC Ground Forces' Najaf base said late in January that it hadarrested a number of Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the west of the country.
Following intelligence activities, the IRGC division engaged in clashes with 21 members of the Daesh terrorist group, which had entered the country through its western borders.
On January 5, Irans security forces disbanded a local of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, which had carried out acts of sabotage during recent protests in some Iranian cities over rising prices and economic problems.
It came a day after the Intelligence Ministry said Iranian security forces had dismantled a terrorist group and arrested its members in the countrys northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.