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Previously, both Daesh* and the Patriotic Arab Democratic Movement in Ahvaz claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in Iran, carried out by four gunmen during a military parade.
According to the AFP, the Daesh terrorist group has threatened to carry out attacks in Iran following the recent assault on a military parade in Tehran.The threats come following the attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz that claimed the lives of 25 people, including one journalist and up to twelve servicemen of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and left 53 wounded. Both Daesh and local militants have claimed responsibility for the incident.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has accused "regional terror sponsors and their US masters" of organizing the attack, while at least 22 people were arrested by the Iranian authorities for links to the incident.
Comment: ISIS and Ahvaz National Resistance have both claimed responsibility for the attack, but an Iranian military official has pointed the finger directly at the US, Israel, and "two Gulf states". Haaretz
reports:
[A] spokesman for the Iranian military said the attackers were trained by two Gulf states, and are connected to Israel and the U.S.
"They are not from Daesh (Islamic State) or other groups fighting (Iran's) Islamic system ... but they are linked to America and (Israel's intelligence agency) Mossad," Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told the official news agency IRNA.
In response to the attacks National Security Advisers from Afghanistan, China, and Russia have met with their Iranian counterparts to discuss future threats. The India Times
reports:
India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval visited Iran on 26 September to participate in a first of its kind of meeting, of regional players, focusing on the rising threat posed by terrorism, including Daesh/ISIS, to regional and global peace, security and stability.
Other participants included NSAs/Secretaries to the National Security Council/ Deputy Minister of Security from Afghanistan, China, Iran and Russia. The visit by these NSAs to Tehran is also significant coming days after terror attacks in Iran.
Both Russia and Iran have been voicing concern over growing network of ISIS in Afghanistan.India and China are launching joint project in Afghanistan and Delhi also plans to partner Moscow separately for joint projects in the landlocked country.
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Comment: ISIS and Ahvaz National Resistance have both claimed responsibility for the attack, but an Iranian military official has pointed the finger directly at the US, Israel, and "two Gulf states". Haaretz reports: In response to the attacks National Security Advisers from Afghanistan, China, and Russia have met with their Iranian counterparts to discuss future threats. The India Times reports: Also see: