Iran Filing Lawsuit Against U.S. - For Terrorism
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s judiciary said on Monday it would file international lawsuits against the United States and Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people.
Iran’s intelligence minister last week said Iran had arrested five or six members of a terrorist group with links to Britain and the United States who he said were involved in the explosion that also wounded 200 in the southern city of Shiraz.
Iranian officials had previously said the April 12 blast, during an evening prayer sermon by a prominent local cleric, was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Judiciary spokesman Ali-Reza Jamshidi told state television the terrorists behind the bombing were agents of the U.S. and British governments in Iran.
“The relationship of those who planted the bombs in Shiraz with the U.S. and Britain was identified and they were being financially supported and in fact they acted as foreign agents in Iran,” he said.
“In view of the documents obtained the judiciary in cooperation with the government and the Foreign Ministry will file lawsuits with international authorities against their supporters, who on the one hand claim to fight terrorists and on the other hand provide them with equipment,” he said.
He was clearly referring to Britain and the United States, but did not give details on how Tehran would take legal action against them.
Iran has in the past accused the two countries of trying to destabilize the Islamic Republic by supporting rebels, mainly those in sensitive border areas.
Tehran’s accusations over the mosque blast echo allegations U.S. officials have made about Iranian support for militias in Iraq that have fought U.S. and U.S.-backed government forces there, accusations Tehran denies.
Iran and the United States are also at odds over Tehran’s nuclear program, which Washington suspects is aimed at making bombs. Iran says its program is for producing electricity.
Security is normally tight in Shi’ite Muslim Iran and bomb attacks have been rare in recent years. Several people were killed in 2005 and 2006 in blasts in a southwestern province with a large Sunni Arab population.
Shiraz is a southern city with more than one million inhabitants and is a popular tourist destination.
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Disgruntled young Iranians who were educated in the States and Britain, and returned home to Iran and are pissed at the bullshit they have to live under after tasting freedom and democracy …
May 12th, 2008 at 12:41 pmThis is going to get REAL fuckin wild this summer!!
May 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pmWhen it comes to terrorism, looks like they are starting to reap what you have sewn. Iran opened pandora’s box in regards to terrorism and now they can start feeling the pain themselves.
Hypocracy on full display but in this case on a global scale.
Carma can be a wonderful thing.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pmTime for the U.S. to hold court with our military acting as judge, jury…and executioner.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pmI say we should sue them for terrorism. And as payment the government offcials and mullahs die.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pmWhat a bunch of lying, hypocritical, ignorant crybabies. we could catch these bastards with thier hand IN the cookie jar and they would deny doing it. These bastards are just getting annoying.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Iran.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:53 pmiran and venezuela have been caught red handed so in order to garner support from looney leftist in the states and britain they come up with this little lawsuit. Problem is , if we have the stones to enter Iraq “illegally” why would we resort to such little actions in iran? The more iran plays these games the more desperate they appear.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:23 pm