
Mahabad’s Prosecutor Samad Hazrati said, “All the arrested individuals are members of one family… three of them were arrested in Mahabad”.He added, “Four Kalashnikovs were confiscated from one individual, who was trying to escape Mahabad. He was severely injured  and arrested during a clash and exchange of gunfire with security forces.”In September, a bomb explosion in Mahabad left 12 peoplemartyred and at least 80 others injured.The terrorist attack took place where people were watching a military parade. The bomb was
 planted inside a pine tree near the site of the parade.Iranian police identified and arrested the group behind the terrorist attack.