The Associated Press, TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday that security forces have arrested seven people near the border with Iraq and alleged they are al-Qaida suspects.
It was the first report in years in Iran of an al-Qaida arrest, although in the past the country has reported hundreds of such arrests.
IRNA didn't provide further details but said the seven were propagating Wahhabism, an austere version of Sunni Islam practiced primarily in Saudi Arabia.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday that security forces have arrested seven people near the border with Iraq and alleged they are al-Qaida suspects.
It was the first report in years in Iran of an al-Qaida arrest, although in the past the country has reported hundreds of such arrests.
IRNA didn't provide further details but said the seven were propagating Wahhabism, an austere version of Sunni Islam practiced primarily in Saudi Arabia.
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