Twelve people have been killed and at least 35 wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in north-western Iran. No soldiers died, but most of the casualties in the town of Mahabad were said to be women and children. A provincial governor blamed "counter-revolutionary groups" for the attack, which came on the 30th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Militants have long been active in
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