Posted on 11/11/2006 2:09:02 AM PST by Biscuit85
TEHRAN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A percussion bomb exploded in a residential area in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, the heartland of Iran's oil industry, but no one was hurt, state media said on Saturday.
Ahvaz is the capital of Khuzestan, which has been simmering with unrest among the province's mostly Arab population for more than a year.
Iran has blamed Britain, which has troops in neighbouring Iraq, for fomenting the instability. Britain denies the accusation.
"A percussion bomb exploded at 23:46 local time in Ahvaz on Friday. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident," state radio quoted Ahvaz governor Abdolaziz Fatami as saying.
The windows of two buildings were shattered from the blast and thick smoke covered the premises in which the explosion took place, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Local officials were unavailable for comment.
The Khuzestan provincial prosecutor said on Thursday 10 people had received death sentences for their part in a series of explosions that killed more than 20 people in Khuzestan last year, IRNA said.
Last week, Iran's judiciary declared an ethnic Arab party illegal, saying it incited unrest and opposed the Islamic system in Ahvaz.
Five people were killed during several days of anti-government protests in Khuzestan in April last year and 21 have been killed in three separate bomb attacks since then.
Iran hanged two men in Ahvaz in March after they were convicted of a bombing that killed six people last October.
Slightly more than half of Iran's are 69 million people are Persians and the rest are ethnic Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, Baluchis and Lors. About three percent are Arabs and authorities are sensitive about protests and discontent in the southwestern Arab territories where most of the oil industry is based.
Could you imagine if the media reported every fatal car accident in America every day. Now that would get oil prices down.
Britain? It was me!!!
Yes, no casualties.
Buildings fine, just humans killed.
Allahu Akbar!
/islamofascistthink
If true, GO BRITS, GO!
BTW, Who does the spelling for these people?(neighbouring)
How does the song go?
Turn the beat around....love to hear percussion....
I wasn't aware that rooters was using 'British spelling' now.
Thank you, oh, thank you. That was perfect!!
Percussion??? Really? How effective?? Look out for those slashing cymbals.
What is it made of-- flint and steel?
Must be some really new technology the Iranians have perfected.
Where's the international outcry for corporal punishment?
The stock exchange that the company is traded on has very little to do with the product it puts out. You are incorrect. Read some previous Reuters' articles and you might see my point.
I believe it is the British spelling
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