Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2017 Tehran attacks" in English language version.
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A senior Iranian official [Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani] said authorities have apprehended several people suspected of planning bomb attacks in the capital Tehran...Shamkhani added that the attacks were planned for the holy month of Ramadan.
their last names were being withheld due to "certain social and security considerations...past terrorist activities and linked to Wahhabi and Takfiri groups.
Iran's intelligence minister said the mastermind behind Wednesday's attacks in Tehran, which killed 17 people, had himself been killed on Saturday by security forces.
On Thursday, the Intelligence Ministry released the pictures and first names of perpetrators of the attacks, identifying the five gunmen as Qayyoum, Abu Jihad, Ramin, Serias, and Fereydoun, without announcing their surnames.
Rouhani added that it is not the first time the nation witnesses such acts of terror, stressing that "people will find their own path to national goals and unity, and the nation will undoubtedly emerge victorious."
UN Photo/Kim Haughton - The Security Council observes a moment of silence in memory of the victims of two terrorist attacks which took place in Tehran, Iran, on 7 June 2017.
