2005 Ahvaz unrest
2005 Ahvaz unrest or 15 April Ahvaz Protests were violent riots, initiated by Iranian Arabs in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan. The unrest erupted on 15 April 2005, and lasted for 4 days. Initially, the Iranian Interior Ministry stated that only one person had been killed, however an official at a hospital in Ahvaz said that between 15 and 20 mortal casualties. Government officials blamed the unrest on Britain, whose troops based just across the border in southern Iraq. Following the unrest, several bombings were carried out in Ahvaz, killing 28 people. In 2006, Iran executed five Arab separatists, convicted of carrying out the bombings in 2005.
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2005 Ahvaz unrest
2005 Ahvaz unrest or 15 April Ahvaz Protests were violent riots, initiated by Iranian Arabs in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan. The unrest erupted on 15 April 2005, and lasted for 4 days. Initially, the Iranian Interior Ministry stated that only one person had been killed, however an official at a hospital in Ahvaz said that between 15 and 20 mortal casualties. Government officials blamed the unrest on Britain, whose troops based just across the border in southern Iraq. Following the unrest, several bombings were carried out in Ahvaz, killing 28 people. In 2006, Iran executed five Arab separatists, convicted of carrying out the bombings in 2005.
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2005 Ahvaz unrest or 15 April ...... ying out the bombings in 2005.
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اضطرابات الأحواز 2005 أو احتجا ...... انتهم بتنفيذ تفجيرات عام 2005.
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Iranian Khuzestan province
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(President of Iran)
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Mohammad Khatami
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2005 Ahvaz unrest or 15 April ...... ying out the bombings in 2005.
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اضطرابات الأحواز 2005 أو احتجا ...... انتهم بتنفيذ تفجيرات عام 2005.
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2005 Ahvaz unrest
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اضطرابات الأهواز 2005
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