Iran Official: Blasts at Oil Wells ‘Terrorist Operations’

Explosions at oil wells around the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz were of a terrorist nature, an official of the Khuzestan province governor’s office told Dow Jones Newswires Saturday.

The explosions Thursday were “terrorist operations” against Iranian oil interests, and a number of people have been taken onto custody, said Gholam-Reza Shariati, deputy governor-general in charge of security affairs.
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