Report: Iran Arrests 7 Suspected al-Qaida Members
The report says Iranian officials identifed the alleged al-Qaida members about a month ago. There was no indication if the suspects were Iranian or foreigners. The report also said the detainees propagated Wahhabism, a strict form of Sunni Islam from Saudi Arabia, and sought to create discord between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
In recent years, Iran has rarely arrested al-Qaida members. Some al-Qaida operatives are believed to have fled to the country after the U.S.-led invasion into Afghanistan toppled the Taliban in 2001.