A Saturday statement from the Iranian Intelligence Ministry said the element had been arrested because of his role in sowing ethnical and religious sedition in Golestan which is home to a sizable community of Sunni people of Turkmen origin.
Earlier an element working for "Iran International" terrorist media outlet had been arrested by security forces in Galikesh in the same province.
The intelligence office of Golestan said that the element was responsible for collecting, producing and sending fake news from the province to Iran International.
It said the suspect had also played a major role in recent riots in the region by publishing frequent posts and stories on the social media.
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