From Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The heretofore-unknown Arab Movement Party has claimed that it attacked an electricity generation facility in the Kut Abdullah area in the city of Ahvaz, ISNA reported on 13 June, citing the London-based Al-Zaman newspaper. Morteza Afqah, the Khuzestan Province deputy governor-general for political and security affairs, told ISNA that he has never heard of the Arab Movement Party but he confirmed that unidentified gunmen attacked the Shekareh electricity generator in Kut Abdullah. The regional electricity company confirmed that on 9 June people shot at the generator and wounded one of the workers, but the generator itself was not damaged. The official in charge of security at the regional electricity company, Abdulreza Heidari, said: "The timely intervention of the company’s security officers and the Law-Enforcement Force meant that the equipment at the generator was not damaged." |