Jan 24 (Reuters) – Iran executed two men for the 2023 bombing of a bus carrying pilgrims, identifying them as linked to Islamic State, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Saturday. The news agency said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a province […]
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Iran says two Islamic State‑linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing
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Jan 24 (Reuters) – Iran executed two men for the 2023 bombing of a bus carrying pilgrims, identifying them as linked to Islamic State, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Saturday.
The news agency said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a province in the west that borders Iraq.
The two men were involved in planting the bomb on the bus, Mizan said.
(Reporting by the Dubai newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue)