Iran kills Daesh ringleader along border: Intelligence minister

Intelligence Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Alavi confirms that a ringleader of the Daesh terrorist group has been killed by Iranian security forces in the country’s border areas.

“This individual, named  Abu Aisha al-Kurdi, was killed along with a number of other [would-be] bombers along the country’s border,” Alavi said on Monday.

He added that the Daesh ringleader had sought to sneak into the Iranian capital of Tehran to carry out acts of terror and sabotage.

Some media reports had announced late September that Iranian security forces had killed Abu Aisha some time ago in a complex and massive operation in one of the border cities of the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.

The intelligence minister further stressed the importance of safeguarding security in the country and said Iran's security forces have foiled every bombing plot in Tehran and confiscated huge amounts of explosives from terrorists.

He added that Iranian security forces have also succeeded in identifying and arresting many terrorists and thwarted their plots to undermine national security.

“The Islamic establishment has many enemies across its borders who seek to wreck our security,” Alavi said.

Iranian forces have been engaged in clashes with terror groups, thwarting their terrorist activities on the border and within the country, arresting several of them, and confiscating large amounts of explosives and bomb-making materials.

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