Interior Ministry spokesman Jahanbaksh Khanjani said the explosion occurred at Imam Hossein Square. Iranian media said the explosion was heard at 8:20 pm local time.
Earlier today, at least eight people were killed and 75 wounded when a string of four bomb attacks rocked Iran's restive southwestern city of Ahvaz just days before Iran's 17 June presidential election. Eight Reported Killed In Iranian Blasts
Interior Ministry spokesman Amir-Hossein Motahar linked those blasts to ethnic unrest in April in Khuzestan, which is a
partly Arab-speaking province.
"The first reports indicate that these bombs [in Ahvaz] were hand made and they were made inside of Iran. These events are probably related to the latest disturbances in Khuzestan Province."
The Interior Ministry called those blasts a "terrorist act."
(Reuters/AFP/AP/Radio Farda)
Earlier today, at least eight people were killed and 75 wounded when a string of four bomb attacks rocked Iran's restive southwestern city of Ahvaz just days before Iran's 17 June presidential election. Eight Reported Killed In Iranian Blasts
Interior Ministry spokesman Amir-Hossein Motahar linked those blasts to ethnic unrest in April in Khuzestan, which is a
partly Arab-speaking province.
"The first reports indicate that these bombs [in Ahvaz] were hand made and they were made inside of Iran. These events are probably related to the latest disturbances in Khuzestan Province."
The Interior Ministry called those blasts a "terrorist act."
(Reuters/AFP/AP/Radio Farda)
