Iran arrests 8 more terrorists over Tehran attacks

An Iranian judicial official says eight more individuals have been arrested in Iran in connection with the recent terrorist attacks in the capital, Tehran, Press TV reports.

Ahmad Fazelian, with the Justice Department of Iran’s Alborz Province, said on Saturday that the eight were accused of having provided backup for the five terrorists who carried out the two terrorist attacks in Tehran on Wednesday.

Fazelian said seven of the individuals arrested had been nabbed in Fardis, in southern Alborz, and the remaining one had been apprehended in Karaj, the provincial capital.