TEHRAN - A bomb was found at the entrance of the Iraqi ambassador's residence in Tehran, a day after Iraqi prime minister ended his visit to the Islamic republic, the envoy said on Wednesday. The suspicious package was discovered by the ambassador's driver in front of his home and was later found to contain explosives, he said. However Iranian police insisted this was not the case and it only contained "aquarium supplies."| Hard to mistake one for the other ... |
"Especially after the successful visit by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki," who wound up a major three-day visit to Iran on Monday.
But confusingly, Iranian news agencies carried reports denying the package contained a bomb. "In the examination by the bomb squad, it was found out that the suspicious object was aquarium supplies," police spokesman Mehdi Ahmadi was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency. The state news agency IRNA quoted an unnamed official in the Iranian foreign ministry as saying that "after expert examination it turned out the package only contained "normal material'."
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