Nine dead, scores injured after bombing in Iran
{{date|April 13, 2008}}
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[[Image:Iran map.png|thumb|left|A map showing the location of Shiraz]][[Image:Mosque is Shiraz (Iran).jpg|thumb|left|A mosque in Shiraz]]
According to ''[[w:Agence France-Presse|Agence France-Presse]]'', ten people have been killed and 160 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in southern Iran. 

The bomb exploded in the city of [[w:Shiraz|Shiraz]], which, in addition to being the capital of the Fars Province, is the fifth most populous city in Iran.

Saideh Ghorbani, who witnessed the bombing, said that at "around 9:15 pm, after the sermon, the sound of an explosion resounded in the section reserved for men and a cloud of dust billowed up to the sky."

The perpetrators of the bombing are not yet known.
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==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7344780.stm
|title= Deadly blast strikes Iran mosque
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=April 13, 2008}}
*{{source|url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/news/national/cc3dcb88152c293b2eca34ac485ce979/Mosque+hit+by+bomb+blast.aspx
|title=Mosque hit by bomb blast
|author=
|pub=Teletext.co.uk
|date=April 13, 2008}}
*{{source|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hI0HHalU4XTF-gxZB0RgzyrZIl7w
|title=Nine killed in Iran mosque attack
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|pub=AFP
|date=April 12, 2008}}

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A map showing the location of ShirazA mosque in Shiraz
According to Agence France-Presse, ten people have been killed and 160 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in southern Iran. 

The bomb exploded in the city of Shiraz, which, in addition to being the capital of the Fars Province, is the fifth most populous city in Iran.

Saideh Ghorbani, who witnessed the bombing, said that at "around 9:15 pm, after the sermon, the sound of an explosion resounded in the section reserved for men and a cloud of dust billowed up to the sky."

The perpetrators of the bombing are not yet known.
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