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Iran Arrests 26 Foreigners over Deadly Shiraz Attack

Iranians march during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran (Reuters)
Iranians march during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran (Reuters)
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Iran Arrests 26 Foreigners over Deadly Shiraz Attack

Iranians march during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran (Reuters)
Iranians march during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran (Reuters)

Iran has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in a deadly attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine, the intelligence ministry said Monday.

At least 13 people were killed on October 26 in an armed attack on the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, according to an official toll.

"The intelligence ministry has identified and arrested all agents involved in the terrorist operation in Shiraz," said a statement published on the ministry's website.

According to the statement, the 26 are from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

They were arrested in the provinces of Fars, Tehran, Alborz, Kerman, Qom and Razavi Khorasan, as well as along Iran's "eastern border", AFP quoted the ministry as saying.

The perpetrator of the attack in Shiraz, identified by the intelligence ministry as Sobhan Komrouni, died of wounds sustained while he was being arrested.

The ministry said he was "a Tajik national" known as Abu Aisha.

It added that the main coordinator of attacks in Iran, an Azeri national, was also arrested, having entered the country through Tehran's international airport from Baku.

He had been in contact with an ISIS network abroad after arriving in Tehran, it added.

On October 31, the ministry announced that several others had been arrested, including an "operational support element" identified Monday as Mohammed Ramez Rashidi, an Afghan national.

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Russia Is Ready for Long Confrontation with US, Senior Diplomat Says

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 2, 2023. (Reuters)
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 2, 2023. (Reuters)
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Russia Is Ready for Long Confrontation with US, Senior Diplomat Says

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 2, 2023. (Reuters)
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 2, 2023. (Reuters)

Russia must prepare for a long confrontation with the United States and has sent repeated warnings to Washington over the crisis in relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war has triggered the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - considered to be the closest the two Cold War superpowers came to intentional nuclear war.

The conflict is entering what Russian officials say is the most dangerous phase to date. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been urging Kyiv's allies for months to let Ukraine fire longer-range Western missiles deep into Russia to limit Moscow's ability to launch attacks.

Ryabkov, who oversees arms control and relations with Washington, said Moscow had no illusions about relations, given the "bipartisan anti-Russian consensus" in the United States.

"We must prepare for a long-term confrontation with this country. We are ready for this in every sense," Ryabkov was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA.

"We are sending all the warning signals to our opponent so that it does not underestimate our determination," Ryabkov said.

President Vladimir Putin warned the West last week that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.