Communal tensions rise as suicide bomber kills revolutionary guards


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Issue 863 - 24 Oct 2009 | 6 minute read

Everyone from ‘Great Satan’ America to Al-Qaeda has been blamed for a suicide bombing that targeted senior IRGC commanders in Sistan va Baluchistan. The incident points to deepening confrontation in sensitive, often ethnically distinct border regions such as Khuzestan province, where Tehran has rejected all challenges to its authority

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