Iranian security forces dismantled a terrorist group and arrested its members in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, the Intelligence Ministry announced. The ministry issued a statement on Thursday, saying the terrorist group “which had infiltrated into Iran with the aim of fueling the recent unrest” were put under surveillance in the city of Piranshahr, Press TV reported. The terrorist group engaged in armed confrontation with Iranian security forces on Wednesday, during which they used a local woman as a human shield and killed three Iranian security forces, the statement added. One terrorist was killed and several others were injured during the operation. A number of their weapons and explosives as well as a notebook containing guidelines for creating unrest were seized, according to the statement. The so-called Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, an outlawed group based in northern Iraq, claimed the attack on its Twitter page.
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