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50 Arrested In Connection With Iran Bombings
March 09, 2006
One of the Ahvaz bombings on January 24 (Fars)
Minister of Intelligence and Security Hojatoleslam Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Ejei is quoted by the official news agency IRNA as saying that those arrested will soon be handed over to judiciary officials.
He added that the detained persons were in contact with the "enemies" of the Islamic republic outside the country.
Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, where the majority of Iran's ethnic-Arab population lives, has been hit by a string of bomb attacks in recent months.
On February 27 two small bombs exploded in the cities of Dezful and Abadan, wounding four people.
Iranian officials have accused British forces in neighboring Iraq of being behind the unrest. Britain denies the charges.
(IRNA)