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Seven hurt by bombs in Iranian Kurd city
8.5.2006
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TEHRAN, May 8,
2006 (AFP) - Two small bombs exploded in government
offices in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on
Monday, wounding seven people, official media
reported.
The first bomb went off at around 1:50 pm (10:20
GMT) in the Kermanshah governor's office. A second
bomb went off minutes later in another government
office for commercial affairs.
Kermanshah is dominated by Iran's Kurdish minority,
but it was not clear if the blasts had any
connection to ethnic-related violence.
The attacks come amid rising tensions between Iraqi
Kurds and Iran and Turkey, both of which have
Kurdish minorities and have been battling separatist
militants from the PKK and its offshoots.
For around a year, Iran has been battling
infiltrations by Pejak, a Kurdish group linked to
the PKK. On Sunday, Baghdad accused Iranian forces
of entering five kilometers (three miles) into Iraq
and shelling PKK positions.
Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province, situated further
to the south, has also been hit by a wave of
bombings linked to ethnic Arab separatists.
Officials in Tehran have blamed the United States
and Britain for the border area unrest..
AFP
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