Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi said Iranian intelligence services prevented attempts by the Al-Qaeda cell to launch attacks in the country.
Younesi said an Al-Qaeda leader he named as Abdul Malek is on the run somewhere inside Iran.
Younesi connected Malek to a group of fighters from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network who are working with drug smugglers in eastern Iran.
He also said Iran has detained, jailed, or expelled 3,000 suspected Al-Qaeda members.
Younesi did not say when these detentions, jailings, and expulsions took place, or give any names or nationalities of those involved.
(Reuters)
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Younesi said an Al-Qaeda leader he named as Abdul Malek is on the run somewhere inside Iran.
Younesi connected Malek to a group of fighters from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network who are working with drug smugglers in eastern Iran.
He also said Iran has detained, jailed, or expelled 3,000 suspected Al-Qaeda members.
Younesi did not say when these detentions, jailings, and expulsions took place, or give any names or nationalities of those involved.
(Reuters)
See also:
Karzai Says Bin Laden Not In Afghanistan
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