Intelligence Ministry: Destruction of 4 Operational Cells of Armed Group

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence announced that in several joint operations with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other forces in Sistan and Baluchestan province (southeast of the country), four organized cells of armed groups were identified and dismantled. Media coverage of these operations emphasized that the missions were carried out before any potential armed action by these groups. Sistan and Baluchestan province has a history of armed group activity.

• The Ministry of Intelligence claimed that these cells were affiliated with American and Israeli intelligence services.
• The Mihan news agency included a specific figure: twelve people were killed or arrested, but other sources did not cite this number.
• Media coverage used similar phrases in describing the operations: "Anonymous soldiers of the Imam of the Age" (in the Sistan and Baluchestan Intelligence Directorate) and emphasized that these operations were conducted "before any action."
• IRIB and Khabar Fori particularly emphasized the preventive nature of the operations.
• The exact timing of the operations and the date they were conducted were not specified in any of the coverage.
• Information regarding tactical details, precise locations, or specific names of the groups does not appear in the available texts.. Coverage difference: All domestic sources relied on the official narrative of the Ministry of Intelligence and included no independent second source or external verification. Mihan news agency was the only source to add a quantitative figure (twelve people), while other sources merely reflected the structure and title of the announcement; no coverage independently verified or questioned the claims regarding affiliation with the United States and Israel.