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Albanian Police Say Iranian Terror Cell Planned to Attack Exiles
(AP-Guardian-UK) Albanian Police Chief Ardi Veliu said the foreign wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guards operated an "active terrorist cell" targeting members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) in Albania. A police statement said that two Iranian security officials led the cell from Tehran, and that the network was linked to organized crime groups in Turkey. Veliu said a planned attack on the MEK in Albania by Iranian government agents was foiled in March. Around 2,500 MEK members moved to Albania from Iraq in 2014. Last year Albania expelled Iran's ambassador and another Iranian diplomat over illegal activities threatening Albania's security.