News - Middle East: The ringleader of a separatist group behind the 2018 deadly terrorist attack in Iran has appeared at court in the capital Tehran for the fifth time since his arrest, unveiling a plot by the Saudi intelligence service to partition the country.

Habib Farajollah Chaab, also known as Habib Asyud stood trial at Branch 26 of Tehran’s Islamic Revolution Court on Sunday.

During the hearing, Amin Vaziri, the prosecutor’s representative, said Chaab had admitted that the Saudi intelligence service pushed to unite all terrorist and separatist movements under a single umbrella organization to counter Iran following the formation of the Islamic Awakening movement.

He added that the Saudi intelligence service has also launched several satellite channels with the aim of facilitating the partitioning of Iran.

Chaab said the Saudi-sponsored satellite channels aired videos and other visual material on a round-the-clock basis in order to spread violence in Iran.

The terrorist ringleader also confessed that Saudi Arabia had funded terrorist groups with the final goal of spreading Takfiri ideology in Iran, Vaziri said.

The prosecutor’s representative noted that the defendant had formed a terrorist group to carry out acts of terror in Iran and cooperated with anti-Iran terror groups, including PJAK and Jaish ul-Adl.