TEHRAN: Iran killed four suspected Islamic State group jihadists near its border with Iraq, disrupting a cell that was planning attacks in the country, state media reported on Tuesday.

"The takfiri-terrorist team intended to conduct terrorist operations inside the country," the governor of the border province of Kermanshah, Asadollah Razani, told state broadcaster IRIB.

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