Two foreigners among four IS militant group suspects killed in Iran, explosives, guns seized

Ankara: Police in Iran killed four IS suspects, two of them foreigners, in the southern province of Hormuzgan and seized explosives, guns and the group's flag, an Iranian news agency said on Monday.
A major security operation is underway after 17 people were killed last Wednesday in suicide bombings and gun attacks in Tehran, the first to be claimed by the hardline group IS inside Iran.
"Police forces clashed with the four men and killed them in a mountainous area in southern Iran," the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a local police chief as saying.
Two of those killed were not Iranian, he said, without elaborating.

Get your essential daily briefing delivered direct to your email inbox with our e-newsletter

Guns, ammunition, explosives and the flag of IS were seized during the operation, Tasnim reported, citing the police chief.
A local official at the port town of Jask, also in Hormuzgan, said five suspects linked to IS were detained on Monday, Iran's Mizan news agency reported.
Southern Iran is home to a minority community and has seen previous clashes between security forces and insurgent groups.
The authorities say Iranian security forces killed the mastermind of the attacks on Saturday and that more than 50 suspects have been arrested around the country.