Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says its forces have killed two terrorists linked to the Kerman terror and arrested some other elements.

According to the Iran Project,  the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence made the announcement in a statement issued on Friday.

"The two Daesh Takfiri terrorists, who entered Iran a few days after the criminal incident in Kerman to conduct another operation in the city, were besieged by the Ministry forces and were both killed in fire exchanges," the statement reads.

It added that the terrorists, who were “non-Iranian nationals”, had planned a two-staged and dangerous scenario of an attack on one of the police centers which was thwarted.

In addition, the terrorists had set up a “booby trap” on the way of police reinforcements, which is also foiled.

Also, several individuals linked to the Kerman terrorist attack were apprehended and transferred to detention centers.

The arrestees were Mohammad Imran Tanvir, nicknamed "Abu Imran", a bomb-making specialist and one of the leaders of Daesh-Khorasan, which is affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

Accordingly, “Mahtab”, another ring leader of the terrorist group, was also arrested and she is currently under interrogation. She had entered the country under the guise of a worker.

Also, Mohammad Adel Aref, known as "Adel Panjshiri", had been tracked down and identified during the latest intelligence operation.

Adel, who is now fugitive, is suspected of having hidden in a neighborhood in western Tehran. He is charged with a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul University in Afghanistan.

Moreover, the Intelligence Ministry discovered and confiscated with the neutralized terrorists “two very strong homemade bombs” weighing 20 kilograms, 10 electric detonators, four non-electric detonators, one US MP4 machine gun with eight magazines and 278 cartridges, one AK-47 machine gun with five magazines and 181 cartridges, seven hand grenades, two normal and night vision cameras, two transceivers, three remote controllers, 12 meters of wire with gunpowder and electric fuses as well as significant amounts of other related equipment.

The Kerman twin terrorist blats happened on January 3, on the anniversary of the assassination of Iran’s anti-terror Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was martyred in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport in 2020.

Two explosions ripped through a route leading to the top general’s resting place as people had gathered for his martyrdom anniversary. So far, 93 people have been confirmed dead, with 284 others getting injured.

The ISIL terror group claimed responsibility for the attacks.