TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – A senior Iranian judicial official said yesterday that, 1,261 illegal weapons were discovered and seized, in the north-western province of West Azarbaijan, during the “riots” in Iran, starting in late Sept.
The seized armaments include firearms, hunting and insurgency weapons, 62 grenades and 54-kg explosives, such as TNT and C-4, West Azerbaijan’s Chief Justice, Nasser Atabati, said, at a meeting held to consider recent “riot” cases in Iran.
Such a large amount of illegal weapons indicates that the enemy sought to compromise Iran’s security and endanger people’s lives and properties during the recent “unrest,” Atabati added.
A day earlier, Mohammad Qanbari, the commander of Sistan and Baluchestan Province’s police, said, his forces had seized 17 illicit weapons and 120 bullets, in the south-eastern city of Zabol, during the past week.
A total of 10 individuals were also arrested during the operations in the city, Qanbari added.
Protests erupted in Iran after 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini died in a Tehran hospital, on Sept 16, a few days after her collapse at a police station. Iran accused the U.S. and some other Western countries of “inciting riots and supporting terrorists” in the country.– NNN-TASNIM
