Irans IRGC Says Arrested 7 Leaders Of Group Linked With UK Intelligence

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that it identified and arrested seven leaders of a group allegedly involved in subversive activities and linked with UK secret services during recent mass protests in the country.

"An organized group called Zagros, which was led by agents from the UK and created a team of active counterrevolutionary elements inside and outside the country to lead subversive activities, especially during recent protests, has been identified as a result of a successful operation," the IRGC said in a statement, as quoted by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

The IRGC noted that it arrested seven leaders of the group in the province of Kerman and identified their contacts with foreign agents.