TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran's intelligence forces have arrested an individual linked with the "terrorist group" Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in northwestern Iran's Ardabil province, the official news agency IRNA reported Saturday.

The individual is the "ringleader" of an MKO-affiliated network and was arrested following cyber-intelligence operations by the provincial intelligence unit of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as necessary judicial orders, IRNA quoted Ardabil's Prosecutor Jalal Afaqi as saying, without specifying the date of the arrest.

The suspect was in contact with "hostile (anti-Iran) media, created networks in the virtual and real space to disturb public opinion, carried out anti-security actions and met the hostile groups' intelligence and operational needs," Afaqi said.

Iran designates the MKO as a terrorist organization, accusing it of having assassinated tens of thousands of Iranian citizens. The group is currently based in Albania. Enditem

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