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The country's Ministry of Intelligence released a statement Monday saying it had unearthed "criminal plans" by "Takfiri Wahhabi" for a series of bombings across Iran specifically targeting religious events planned for coming days.

"But thanks to the efforts of the unnamed soldiers of Imam Zaman (intelligence officers) in Tehran and other provinces, the satanic efforts of the takfiris were neutralized, the terrorists were arrested and a great deal of explosives were confiscated," the statement read.

A "Takfiri" is a derogatory term used to describe a Muslim who accuses another Muslim of being a non-believer, while Wahhabism is a strict form of Sunni Islam, with followers that include ISIS and al Qaeda.

Iran, with its largely Shiite population, has been helping the governments in neighboring Iraq and Syria fight ISIS, which considers Shiites to be apostates.

The U.S. military estimates that at least 1,000 Iranians are on the ground in Syria.

Last week, the troops from the Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps were involved in clashes with "terrorist cells" in the northwest of the country, killing several militants, according to the semi-official FARS news agency.

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