China News Service, August 3, according to Reuters, on the 1st local time, Iran stated that it had captured the leader of a "terrorist organization" believed to be headquartered in the United States. The latter is accused of being responsible for the 2008 mosque bombing and other attempted attacks in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
According to reports, Iran’s state television quoted a statement from the intelligence agency that Jamshid Sharmahd, the leader of the anti-government organization "Flash Thunder", was suspected of directing the armed and sabotage operations in Iran from the United States. . After a complex operation, Sharmahed was arrested. The statement did not specify how, where or when the arrests were carried out.
On April 12, 2008, an explosion occurred in a mosque in Shiraz, killing 14 people and injuring more than 200 others. The Iranian government determined that the bombing was related to "flash lightning." According to the Iranian side, the "Flash Thunder" is headquartered in California, with an intention to overthrow the Iranian government.
According to Agence France-Presse, the Iranian side executed three suspects involved in the bombing of the mosque in 2009, and executed two related suspects in 2010.
In addition to this bombing case, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security also identified the "flash thunder" that caused the explosion in the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhola Khomeini, the former supreme leader of Iran in 2010, and planned to attack a dam in Shiraz. The Tehran Annual Book Fair launched a bombing attack.