Iran state media: 5 dead in arson attack on bank in restive southeastern city

August 20th, 2009 Kin speak out on US hikers missing in IranNEW YORK — Relatives of three American hikers being held in Iran continue to press their case that the backpackers never had any intention of going there. Hikers Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal and Sarah Shourd have been held since they entered Iran from Iraq without authorization on July 31.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Tuesday threatened statewide protests in August if investigation into the arson attack on her house was not handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "We do not have any trust in the state government.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Tuesday threatened statewide protests in August if investigation into the arson attack on her house was not handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "We do not have any trust in the state government.

July 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Congress Monday alleged that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has "rewarded" Intezar Abidi, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader accused in the arson attack on Congress state chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, by giving him a "plum post". It once again demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the attack.

July 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Saturday charged police in Lucknow with conniving with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers in the attack on Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house after her arrest for remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the incident. "A CBI inquiry is the only option through which the reality can come to the fore.

July 14th, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state radio says authorities have hanged in public 14 members of a Sunni Muslim rebel group blamed for bombings and killings in southeastern Iran. The Tuesday report said the executions took place in the city of Zahedan, some 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) southeast of Iran's capital Tehran.

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 Arson attack in restive Iranian city kills 5DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An arson attack on a bank killed five people Monday in an Iranian city bordering Pakistan where authorities have struggled to quell unrest since a deadly mosque bombing last week claimed by Sunni militants. The violence in Zahedan, which sits near the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, highlights the complex tensions in one of Iran's most restive and lawless regions — crisscrossed by drug trafficking routes and hit by sporadic attacks from Sunni guerrillas fighting for greater autonomy from Iran's Shiite leadership.

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 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 8th, 2009 Iran hangs 9 people for murder, drug traffickingTEHRAN, Iran — Nine people, including a 30-year-old woman, have been hanged in Iran, state media reported Thursday. The state-run daily newspaper IRAN said four of the nine including the woman were convicted of murder in separate cases and were hanged Wednesday.

May 5th, 2009 Turkey: 8 suspects in wedding shooting detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay says security forces have detained eight people suspected of involvement in an attack on a wedding in southeastern Turkey. Atalay says the attack killed 44 people, correcting an earlier death toll of 45.

May 5th, 2009 8 suspects in Turkey wedding shooting detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay says security forces have detained eight people suspected of involvement in an attack on a wedding in southeastern Turkey. Atalay says the attack killed 44 people, correcting an earlier death toll of 45.

May 4th, 2009 Report: 16 killed in attack on wedding in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country. Cihan news agency says assailants with bombs and automatic weapons attacked the wedding ceremony in Sultansehmuz village, near the city of Mardin, on Monday night.

April 29th, 2009 TEHRAN - The report about a missile attack by the US or Israel against an Iranian navy ship is false, an official said Tuesday. 'The report published in certain section of the media was part of a psychological warfare against Iran and is completely baseless,' IRNA reported citing an unnamed Iranian defence official.