In the statement released on Monday, the Ministry said, “The enemies of the nation have intensified their destructive activities and making arrangements for different types of seditious acts ahead of the upcoming election.”
After intelligence and security work, two terrorist groups behind the transfer of weapons into the country from its western and eastern borders were identified and disbanded, the statement said.
It said that the groups were transferring a considerable number of different weapons, including pistols and grenades, into central parts of the country when they were quickly identified and arrested in Kermanshah and Sistan-Baluchestan Province and their arms were also confiscated.