Bombing at Iranian Parade Kills 12
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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 the area, which is home to a sizeable Kurdish population.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq have also waged a long guerrilla campaign inside Turkey and have regularly clashed with Iranian security forces.
There have been reports of Kurdish political activists being arrested, tried and executed in recent months.
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