The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran (IRGC) announced on Sunday that Iranian forces have killed main elements behind the recent terrorist bomb attack in Iran’s northwestern city of Mahabad, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
“Combatants of Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada headquarters of the IRGC Ground Force managed to kill the main and key elements behind the recent terrorist attack in Mahabad in a successful operation,” Commander of IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour was quoted as saying.
But Pakpour did not give any further details on the place and date of the operation or the number of deaths and possible casualties, said the Fars report.
Iranian officials had earlier vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly attack, which killed 12 people and injured dozens more in Mahabad in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan last Wednesday.
The Iranian armed forces staged military parades throughout the country last Wednesday to mark the start of the Week of Defense, commemorating Iranian sacrifices during the eight-year Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s.