Saudi security forces announced that they had “thwarted a terrorist cell… whose elements received a military and field training on how to make explosives, at the Revolutionary Guard’s [IRGC] sites in Iran”. According to the Presidency of State Security, ten arrests were made and various weapons confiscated. Iran’s diplomatic spokesperson insisted that “Saudi rulers have fabricated a false case against Iran as a ploy to deflect public attention in order to cover up their own failed moves… We recommend Saudi Arabia opt for the path of honesty and wisdom rather than playing out worthless and dictated scenarios”.