Dubai - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested a number of foreign agents as they crossed the border from Iraq to carry out bombings and assassinations, a statement on the website of the Islamic Republic’s elite ideological force said.
Sepah News said the alleged suspects were picked up late last month in a sting operation as they entered Khuzestan, an oil-rich province with a significant Arab minority and historically a hotbed of revolt against the Tehran government. “The terrorists entered the country under the wings of the espionage services of our enemies, with the aim to sow terror and psychological warfare through bombings, assassinations and sabotage,” the statement said. “They were carrying roadside and glue explosives as well as sophisticated communication monitoring equipments.” No further details were given.
Khuzestan is rich in minerals and is home to an impoverished Arab minority of about two million. In recent years, Iranian dissidents say, there have been frequent arrests, torture and even execution of Arab activists in Khuzestan on espionage charges. The Revolutionary Guards are an elite ideological force created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to safeguard the country’s theocracy against internal and foreign threats. The Guards have since evolved into a well-trained, equipped and formidable force that dwarfs the regular military.
Iran is two months away from breakout capability to produce enough nuclear material for a bomb should they resume their mothballed enrichment process,  John Kerry warned.


 Tuesday. Tehran is in the thick of international negotiations over its nuclear program, with a fresh round of talks beginning on Tuesday in Vienna aimed at starting a draft of an historic final deal.
Under a temporary deal which took effect January 20, Iran froze certain nuclear activities for six months in exchange for minor relief from sanctions hurting its economy. A full-bore resumption of enrichment - a gross violation of the temporary accord - could see Tehran move swiftly toward nuclear breakout. “I think it is fair to say, I think it is public knowledge today, that we are operating with a time period for a so-called breakout of about two months,” Kerry told US lawmakers.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez cited reports that said UN Security Council permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, along with Germany, should focus on extending the time it would take for Iran to produce nuclear weapons to between six and 12 months. Kerry said the ultimate goal was assurance that Iran never build an atomic bomb.