Monday, October 17, 2005

Iran: UK behind Ahvaz blasts

Iran's president continues to believe that Britain had a hand in the bombings that killed six people on the weekend.

The British Embassy has denied the charge and condemned the blasts.

Thousands of people took part on Monday in the funeral in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, of the six people who were killed when bombs exploded on Saturday in a shopping centre in the southwestern town.

Some mourners accused Britain of instigating the blasts, which wounded at least 102 people.

"We are extremely suspicious that there was a British forces' role in the terrorist attacks," state TV quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as telling the cabinet on Sunday.

"Iranian agents have found the footprint of Britain in previous cases."