0TEHRAN: Iran killed four suspected Islamic State group jihadists near its border with Iraq, disrupting a cell that was planning attacks in the country, state media reported on Tuesday. “The takfiri-terrorist team intended to conduct terrorist operations inside the country,” the governor of the border province of Kermanshah, Asadollah Razani, told state broadcaster IRIB. Iran uses the term “takfiri” to describe Sunni jihadists. Three others were killed in a raid on a safe house they had rented in Kermanshah early on Tuesday, he added. There have been several reports of Sunni militants trying to infiltrate Iran in recent months, mostly from Iraq but also from Pakistan.

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2016 09:11 UTC