Iran Issues Charges Against U.K., U.S.

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October 16, 2005, 3:43 PM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran launched a double-barreled diplomatic assault on Britain and America on Sunday, accusing London of possible involvement in weekend bombings that killed five people and charging that Washington was bent on hauling Tehran before the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program.

Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said he believed the Saturday blasts that tore into a shopping center in Ahvaz near the Iraqi border were "a continuation of previous explosions that were guided from abroad," state-run radio reported.

Britain's embassy in Tehran released a statement condemning the attacks -- and the accusations.

"Any linkage between the British government and these terrorist outrages is completely without foundation," the embassy said.

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