TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran's elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has smashed a rebel and terrorist cell linked to the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in the northern city of Amol, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Sunday.
Citing Abedin Daghmechi, IRGC's regional commander in Amol, Tasnim reported that forces of the IRGC Intelligence Organization identified and arrested the gang members after they engaged in "anti-security activities" in Amol.
Daghmechi noted the members of the cell sought to carry out certain operations in some "sensitive regions" in Amol before being arrested.
He said they have cooperated with main MKO-affiliated media outlets, made explosives and Molotov cocktails, and targeted military bases during the recent riots in Iran.
Iran brands the group's exiled members, currently based in Albania, as terrorists. ■
