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Iran Sets Up Committee to Study Use of Biological Weapons by Terrorists

© AP Photo / Vahid SalemiSecretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani - Sputnik International
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The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced on Thursday the creation of a special committee examining the use of biological weapons by terrorists.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He added that the committee was established on Wednesday as part of the Supreme National Security Council.

"It is necessary to examine this theme [biological terrorism], I made an order to put this question forward to properly examine all its aspects," Ali Shamkhani said as quoted by Iran's Tasnim news agency.

The move comes a week after Iranian authorities announced that they managed to prevent several terrorist attacks across the country, including Tehran.

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