IRGC dismantles alleged US/Israel-backed groups

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the results of a major security operation in the western provinces of Kurdistan and Kermanshah. The IRGC claims to have dismantled several organizational cells of Kurdish separatist groups and other "counter-revolutionary" elements allegedly backed by the United States and Israel. The operation resulted in the arrest of at least 84 individuals, the elimination of one person, and the seizure of a large cache of weapons including RPGs, grenades, mortar shells, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and satellite communication devices. Iranian intelligence alleges these groups were preparing the ground for an enemy military attack from the country's western border.