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Iran:Governor of Basra accused Iran of plotting his assassination

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Posted 24 February 2008 13:03 GMT

Written byFred Petrossian

Countries	Iran, Iraq
Topics	Governance, War & Conflict, International Relations

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· عراق: فرماندار بصره ایران را متهم به توطئه ترور کرد

Iran

We read in Juan Cole's blog that Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the governor of Basra, Muhammad Misbah al-Wa'ili, has charged the Iranian deputy consul in that city of plotting his, al-Wa'ili's, assassination. He demanded that the central government look into the charges.Watch video too.

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