Iran Says Arrested Foreign-Backed Protest ‘Ringleaders’
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said several alleged ringleaders of the recent unrest in the country have been arrested by intelligence services.
The unidentified individuals had links to foreign security services, the Guard’s official news service Sepah News reported Thursday, citing spokesman General Ramezan Sharif. The arrests were made in the provinces of Alborz, Tehran, Fars and oil-rich Khuzestan, which borders Iraq.