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Russia Dismantles ISIS Cell in St. Petersburg

Russian security authorities announced on Friday the arrest of seven members of an ISIS terrorist cell. (Reuters)
Russian security authorities announced on Friday the arrest of seven members of an ISIS terrorist cell. (Reuters)
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Russia Dismantles ISIS Cell in St. Petersburg

Russian security authorities announced on Friday the arrest of seven members of an ISIS terrorist cell. (Reuters)
Russian security authorities announced on Friday the arrest of seven members of an ISIS terrorist cell. (Reuters)

Russian security authorities announced on Friday the arrest of seven members of an ISIS terrorist cell.

The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said the suspects were plotting a suicide bombing and a series of other explosions in St. Petersburg’s busiest areas this coming weekend

Interfax news agency reported that the suspects were arrested in St. Petersburg on December 13 and 14.

FSB said that a search of an apartment in the city found explosives, automatic weapons and extremist literature. It said the suspects had received instructions from ISIS.

Earlier this week, the FSB said it arrested several ISIS-linked suspects in Moscow where they were plotting a series of suicide bombings during the New Year's holiday season.

In April, a suicide bombing in the St. Petersburg's subway left 16 dead and wounded more than 50.

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Iran Police Commander Dismissed After Death in Custody

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
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Iran Police Commander Dismissed After Death in Custody

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

Iran's police force has dismissed the commander of a city in the northern province of Gilan after the death in custody of a detainee, state media said on Saturday.

Mohammad Mir Mousavi, 36, was arrested on July 22 after being involved in a fight in Lahijan, police said in a statement carried by the official news agency IRNA.

"The police commander... was dismissed due to insufficient oversight of the conduct and behaviour of staff," the police said, AFP reported.

"Due to the complexity of the matter, the final conclusion on the cause of Mohammad Mir Mousavi's death depends on the medical examiner's final report.

The police said the station commander and several officers involved in the incident had been suspended.

"The behaviour of some law enforcement officers was against the professional policy of the police and that is not acceptable in any way, so they were referred to the judicial authority," the statement added.

The Norway-based Kurdish human rights organization, Hengaw, on Wednesday said Mir Mousavi "was killed under torture in the detention center".

On Thursday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered an investigation into the case.

Dismissals of members of the security forces are rare in Iran.

In 2022, the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who had been arrested in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women, sparked months of deadly nationwide protests.