Iran claims major counter-terrorism arrests

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence announced a series of major counter-terrorism operations across multiple provinces. In one operation, a leader of a separatist group allegedly affiliated with Israel was arrested in Isfahan province, with 11 other network members detained and 5 killed in clashes over the past two months. In separate actions, authorities arrested two arms-smuggling cells from Iraq, seizing 42 firearms, and dismantled four additional cells linked to what they called 'American-Zionist-affiliated' groups in Gilan, Kerman, Hamedan, and Hormozgan provinces. The ministry credited the operations to its 'anonymous soldiers of Imam Zaman' working with local security forces.