Sunni group claims bombing of Iran mosque
A little-known Iranian Sunni dissident group posted an internet statement saying it was behind a deadly mosque bombing in southern Iran, which Tehran blamed on the United States, Britain, and Israel.
"This is the very first operation and the signal to the criminal regime of Iran ... to stop its oppression, cruelty and injustice towards ... Sunnis," the Jihadi movement of the Sunna People of Iran said. The group said it carried out the attack, which killed 14 people in the southern city of Shiraz in April, to avenge what it said was the execution of two Sunni scholars in Iran's poor southeastern region. (Reuters)
