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Puck
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 Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:44 pm Iran Rocked By Series of Blasts |
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| Quote: | BBC NEWS
Iran rocked by series of blasts
Six bombs have exploded in Iran, killing at least 10 people, days before the presidential election.
Four blasts targeted public buildings in the south-western city of Ahwaz, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 70 others.
Hours later, a bomb exploded in the capital Tehran, killing two people. Three other bombs were defused.
Bombings have been rare in Iran since the war with Iraq ended in 1988. No group has claimed responsibility.
Ahwaz, which is close to the Iraq border, was the focus of unrest between Arabs and Persians in April, when several people were reportedly killed.
'Failure'
The bombings in Ahwaz took place over a two-hour period.
One of the bombs exploded outside the governor-general's headquarters.
Two went off near government offices and a fourth exploded near the home of a local state television executive.
The explosion in Tehran took place near the Imam Hussein square in the city centre. As well as the two who died, at least two people were wounded.
The interior ministry also confirmed that a bottle filled with explosives blew up in Vali Asr square in central Tehran, but there were no reports of casualties.
A spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body, blamed the attacks on separatist Arabs aided by members of the armed Iraq-based opposition group, the People's Mujahideen, and remnants of the Baath Party.
The spokesman, Agha Mohammadi, told the BBC he was sure the Americans were behind the attacks and also suggested that Britain might be involved - but he gave no evidence to support his claims.
The People's Mujahideen denied any involvement in the attacks.
"Whoever is responsible for this, the target of the blasts is to undermine Friday's presidential elections," said interior ministry spokesman Jahanbaksh Khanjani.
Rumour
Iranians go to the polls on Friday to elect a successor to President Mohammad Khatami.
Opinion polls put former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the lead.
April's trouble in Ahwaz - the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province - started after a letter circulated on the internet suggested that non-Arabs were being-relocated to the city to dilute its ethnic Arab population.
Crowds attacked government offices and banks, setting them on fire, and hundreds of people were arrested.
The official who was supposed to have written the letter said it was a forgery.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4084908.stm
Published: 2005/06/13 01:18:18 GMT
� BBC MMV
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webtaz99
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:25 am |
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Yeah, the US and Britain often attack using "a bottle filled with explosives". 
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Theresa
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:26 am |
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You weren't supposed to teeeeeell, 
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webtaz99
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:27 am |
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LOL! 
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Jeremy
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:08 pm |
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I think it's meaning the funding or organising. Since they already tried to get another government into power before the people rebelled.
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Theresa
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:14 pm |
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Thanks for the interpretation... The phrasing, "behind the attacks" was actually the first clue, though. And it's still bogus.
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Jeremy
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:16 pm |
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I never said it was true. When it's mentioned something is behind something then it implies they're supporting it, but not directly involved.
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Theresa
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:17 pm |
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Yeah... I agreed with you...
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Jeremy
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:18 pm |
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I never disagreed with you, was making my thoughs clearer... 
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Theresa
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| Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:21 pm |
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 I didn't know you were capable,
The US gets blamed so often, we're totally used to it. And the poor UK, guilty by association.
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