Explosions in Iranian port were "mine-sweeping operations"


dpa German Press Agency
Published: Thursday January 11, 2007

Tehran- Three explosions which Thursday shook the
southwestern Iranian port of Khorramshahr were caused by mine-
sweeping operations, a local official told the Fars news agency.
Khorramshahr's district governor Mohammad-Alii Shirnai told Fars
that owing to the expansion of the operations, the sound of the
explosions was quite strong and shook some buildings in the city.

Following the initial Fars report, there had been speculation of
renewed sabotage acts in in Khorramshahr, located in the Khuzestan
province bordering Iraq.

There had been several bombings in the recent years in the
Khuzestan province by Iranian-Arab separatists.

Seven Iranian-Arabs from the provincial capital Ahvaz are
reportedly to be executed in connection with sabotage acts in 2006
and efforts to topple the Islamic system.

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