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Iranian mosque deadly explosion (2008) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shiraz bombing was an April 12, 2008 explosion that occurred during prayers at the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Fars province. Fourteen people were killed and 202 were injured.
Shiraz bombing | |
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Location | Shiraz, Fars province, Iran |
Coordinates | 29.5870°N 52.4871°E |
Date | April 12, 2008 21:15pm (UTC+3.30) |
Deaths | 14 |
Injured | 202 |
According to Al Jazeera, reports showed that the explosion occurred in the side where males were praying.[1] Around 800 people, which were mostly youth, were gathered at the Mosque to hear sermons which usually include sermons attacking the Wahabi denomination of Sunni Islam and the Baháʼí Faith.[2] According to the BBC, the explosion shattered windows of several houses that were close to the mosque, as reported by Iran News Agency.[3]
The deputy governor of the province, Mohammad Reza Hadaegh, told IRIB an investigation was under way.[4] Iranian officials first stated that the blast was not a terrorist attack, but caused by leftover munitions that were on display in the mosque as part of an exhibition commemorating Iran's 1980–1988 war against Iraq.[5] However, in May, Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said the blast was an act of terrorism and 12 terrorists had been arrested before attacking the Russian Consulate and religious centers in Qom.[6] Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei accused United States and Britain of involvement in the bombing and attempted to press charges against the two countries.[7][8]
In November 2008, Iran sentenced three men to death after they were convicted of the bombing.[9] One of these men, Mehdi Eslamian, was hanged with four others on May 9, 2010. His brother had previously been hanged for the bombing.[10]
Name | Age |
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Ali Nowrouzi | 19 |
Gholam Moussavi | 45 |
Erfan Entezami | 6 |
Najmeh Ghassempour | 20 |
Mohammad Javad Yaghout | 30 |
Alireza Entezami | 11 |
Massoud Rezaei | 25 |
Mohammad Mahdavi | 21 |
Mohammad Jokar | 25 |
Ali Nasiri | 38 |
Mohammad Javad Alavi | ? |
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