AP: Two bombs hit a shopping center Saturday in Ahvaz, near Iran’s southwestern border with Iraq, killing two people and wounding at least 50, state television reported. Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran – Two bombs hit a shopping center Saturday in Ahvaz, near Iran’s southwestern border with Iraq, killing two people and wounding at least 50, state television reported.
Shops also were damaged in the explosions in central Ahvaz, the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province.
Ahvaz was the site of two days of violent protests in April after reports circulated of an alleged plan to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area. Arabs make up about 3 percent of Iran’s population of 69 million; Persians account for 51 percent.
