Intelligence Forces Bust 2 Terrorist Cells

Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said his forces smashed two terrorist teams in the western provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdestan. Alavi said on Monday that the terror cells were affiliated to hostile countries, Tasnim News Agency reported. He did not name the countries. The minister added that one of the terror teams had 12 members, all of whom were arrested. In a separate operation, intelligence teams detected an a group of terrorists that had entered the country to carry out acts of terrorism and sabotage, Alavi said. He said that two members of the latter team were killed in an armed clash, two others were captured, and a number of AK-47 machine guns and grenades as well as telecommunication equipment and cash were seized.