Iran says several people were killed when ‘rioters’ attacked a mosque

June 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - Police used teargas against thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi during a mourning march Sunday in central Tehran, eyewitnesses said. Eyewitnesses said police used teargas after clashes between them and demonstrators.

June 21st, 2009 Iran says 13 people killed in violent clashesTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television says 13 people were killed in violent clashes between police and what they call "terrorist groups." The report did not specify how the deaths occurred, but state television reported earlier that several people were killed Saturday when "rioters" attacked a mosque in western Tehran. Sunday's report on Iran's official English language station said "rioters" set two gas stations on fire and attacked a military post.

June 21st, 2009 TEHRAN - While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to ignore the protests against the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections, state television reported Sunday that at least 10 people were killed in Saturday's clashes. The news network Khabar quoted the police as saying that at least 10 were killed and several injured in the unrests.

June 21st, 2009 QUETTA - Pakistan has shut down its borders with Iran at Taftan for an indefinite period, The Nation reports. The reason behind the sudden closure of the 'friendship gate' at Taftan was not clear, but sources said that the step has been taken due to security concerns.

June 1st, 2009 QUETTA - In the wake of recent attack on a mosque that killed 25 people in the border city of Zahedan, Iran has decided to close the zero point along the Pak-Iran border. As a result, bilateral trade and movement of the people have also been suspended.

June 1st, 2009 5 killed in Iran arson attack on bankTEHRAN, Iran — Iran state media has reported that five people are dead in an arson attack in a restive southeastern city where 25 died in a mosque bombing last week. The report on Web site of the state-owned English language Press TV said the arson attack was on Mehr Financial and Credit institute.

May 30th, 2009 Iran hangs 3 over mosque bombingTEHRAN, Iran — Three people convicted of involvement in a mosque bombing in southeastern Iran that killed 25 were hanged Saturday, Iran's official news agency reported. The three men supplied explosives to the perpetrators who carried out the Thursday bombing in Zahedan, 1,000 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, said a statement issued by the judiciary.

May 30th, 2009 US condemns bombing of Iranian mosqueWASHINGTON — The United States condemned an attack on a mosque in southeastern Iran that killed 25 people. Iran had blamed Israel and the U.S.

May 29th, 2009 Iran blames US, Israel for deadly mosque bombingTEHRAN, Iran — Iran blamed the U.S. and Israel on Friday for a bombing in a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority.

May 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - At least 15 people were killed and scores of others injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in southeastern Iran Thursday, IRNA reported. The incident occurred at the 'Amir Al-Momenin' mosque in Zahedan city, said the report without giving more details.

April 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight people were killed and many injured Sunday when a blast ripped through a crowded mosque in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said. The explosion took place in Chakwal city when the gathering was about to disperse, Dawn News reported.

April 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured as an explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque Sunday in Pakistan's Punjab province, a police official said. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the main entrance of the mosque in Chakwal district when the security guards challenged him.

March 14th, 2009 JAMMU - Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants hiding inside a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district were killed in a gunbattle with security forces Saturday, officials said. Brigadier General of Staff 16 Corps Gurdip Singh said three militants who had hidden inside the mosque in Kishtwar, about 210 km north east of Jammu, were killed in a gunbattle.

March 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Police Thursday night lodged six cases against rioters, a day after a mob ransacked a hospital, damaged a police post and over a dozen vehicles and critically injured two policemen in this Uttar Pradesh town near the national capital. Six first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against the people who got violent after police gunned down two men allegedly for robbing a man Wednesday, police officials said.

February 17th, 2009 TEHRAN - A bomb exploded Wednesday in a mosque in the Iranian city of Zahedan, the police said. The police were quoted by semi-official news agency Fars as saying that no casualties were reported and only some damage took place in the explosion in Zahedan's Al-Ghadir mosque.