Iran: Terrorists hit Ahvaz again
tehrantimes: On Tuesday, at least nine people were killed and 45 injured in two blasts in Ahvaz, the Mehr News Agency correspondent in the capital of Khuzestan Province reported. Separatist elements are the main suspects in the terrorist attacks.
One bomb exploded on Kianpars Street inside the private Saman Bank, which martyred at least nine people and wounded 15 others. The second explosion happened on Golestan Road next to the Natural Resources Department, causing injuries but no deaths.
The Mehr correspondent said the explosions occurred at about 10 a.m. local time in the city's commercial center in the busy downtown area. Most of the victims were bank customers and staff.
Even though the people feel great animosity toward the perpetrators of the cowardly acts, the city is calm and life has returned to normal, he added.
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet were scheduled to visit Khuzestan Province on Tuesday but the trip was canceled on Monday due to bad weather.
"The blasts in Ahvaz are always perpetrated by counter-revolutionary elements, those who engage in activities against Iran from beyond our borders and Britain," BBC quoted MP Nezam Molla-Hoveyzeh as telling reporters in the Majlis.
"A satellite network has been provoking ethnic and nationalistic issues recently; and some networks outside the country have been actively encouraging separatism in Khuzestan," Molla-Hoveyzeh added.
Interior Minister Mostafa Purmohammadi told reporters that the explosions in Ahvaz were the continuation of blind moves directed from outside the country's borders. Read more
One bomb exploded on Kianpars Street inside the private Saman Bank, which martyred at least nine people and wounded 15 others. The second explosion happened on Golestan Road next to the Natural Resources Department, causing injuries but no deaths.
The Mehr correspondent said the explosions occurred at about 10 a.m. local time in the city's commercial center in the busy downtown area. Most of the victims were bank customers and staff.
Even though the people feel great animosity toward the perpetrators of the cowardly acts, the city is calm and life has returned to normal, he added.
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet were scheduled to visit Khuzestan Province on Tuesday but the trip was canceled on Monday due to bad weather.
"The blasts in Ahvaz are always perpetrated by counter-revolutionary elements, those who engage in activities against Iran from beyond our borders and Britain," BBC quoted MP Nezam Molla-Hoveyzeh as telling reporters in the Majlis.
"A satellite network has been provoking ethnic and nationalistic issues recently; and some networks outside the country have been actively encouraging separatism in Khuzestan," Molla-Hoveyzeh added.
Interior Minister Mostafa Purmohammadi told reporters that the explosions in Ahvaz were the continuation of blind moves directed from outside the country's borders. Read more
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