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Iran To Hang 10 For Bombings In Ahvaz


Aftermath of the bombing in Iran (epa) November 11, 2006 -- Iran's "Etemad-Melli" newspaper today cites the head of Khuzestan Province's judiciary Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying 10 men found guilty of last year's bombing's in the oil city of Ahvaz will be hanged.

Dolatbadi said nine other men involved in the bombings will be banished or jailed.


The October 2005 bombings killed six people and injured nearly 100 others.

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