NationStates Jolt Archive

Dubai, Sep. 2 – A hard-line member of Iran’s parliament from the oil-rich Khuzistan Province said on Friday that London was behind explosions in three oil wells that rocked parts of the provincial capital, Ahwaz, on Thursday morning.

The state-owned news agency, which is close to the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, quoted a press release by the country’s dreaded secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which said individuals who had planted bombs in Ahwaz in June had been arrested and had confessed that they were “mercenaries of foreign intelligence services, particularly the British secret service”.


http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3572

Does anyone think there is any truth in this report? or is it just anti British propaganda?

Propaganda I'd say. Britain wouldn't do something like that during negotiations with Iran.

Propaganda I'd say. Britain wouldn't do something like that during negotiations with Iran.
They might, but I doubt anyone entrusted with such a sensitive operation would crack so easily.

Dubai, Sep. 2 – A hard-line member of Iran’s parliament from the oil-rich Khuzistan Province said on Friday that London was behind explosions in three oil wells that rocked parts of the provincial capital, Ahwaz, on Thursday morning.

The state-owned news agency, which is close to the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, quoted a press release by the country’s dreaded secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which said individuals who had planted bombs in Ahwaz in June had been arrested and had confessed that they were “mercenaries of foreign intelligence services, particularly the British secret service”.


http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3572

Does anyone think there is any truth in this report? or is it just anti British propaganda?

Plural. Others involved too. I wouldn't put it past the intelligence service of any country but I don't know what they would have to gain by bombing oil wells.

It's true. They were British suicide bombers from the Anglican Church. They had .25 kiloton "Tea & Cake" bombs strapped to their chests.

That would do it.