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Police seize illegal weapons, ammunition in Iran

Salehi added that the Iranian police will take decisive actions against the holders and users of illegal weapons, Xinhua news agency reported.

Tehran: Iran’s police seized 100 illegal firearms and 992 bullets in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, official news agency IRNA reported.

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During the four-day operation, Iranian police and intelligence forces arrested 85 “illicit” weaponry owners, who were believed to be behind the recent shootings in the province, and handed them over to judicial authorities, IRNA cited Khuzestan’s Police Commander Mohammad Salehi as saying on Thursday.

Salehi added that the Iranian police will take decisive actions against the holders and users of illegal weapons, Xinhua news agency reported.

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This post was last modified on December 23, 2022 1:20 pm

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Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 1986 by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed. The service reports news, views and analysis from the subcontinent about the country, across a wide range of subjects.

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