Iranian forces thwart attack on Shia shrine in Shiraz
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian forces announced on Friday they had thwarted a bomb plot in Shiraz, the site of a deadly attack earlier this week by the ISIS.
According to official Iranian news agency IRNA, Shiraz Governor Lutfullah Shaybani said “security forces successfully prevented a planned bomb attack on one of the busy streets in the city.”
He added that the person ready to carry out the attack “had high explosives in his bag. He was taken into custody and the bomb was defused.”
On Wednesday at least 15 people were killed and 40 wounded after a group of assailants opened fire at a popular shrine in Shiraz, according to local media.
It came amid widespread protests across Iran over the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini in police custody last month.
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