Friday, November 16, 2012

Iran Arrests Foreign Linked Bomb Plotters
Iran's Intelligence Ministry has arrested people planning bomb attacks with the support of Western and "Israeli" spy agencies in the oil-producing province of Khuzestan, state television reported on Friday.Iran has in the past accused Western intelligence agencies and the "Israeli" Mossad of carrying out attacks against its nuclear scientists."In the last few days a number of terrorist elements connected to foreign intelligence services ... were identified and arrested along with a significant amount of explosives materials and items sent from a country in the Persian Gulf area," the Intelligence Ministry statement said, according to Iranian state television's website.It further highlighted that "these elements, led by Western-Zionist intelligence services, sought to commit other acts of sabotage, which were foiled."The statement said the individuals had planned to blow up parts of Khuzestan's energy infrastructure.

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