TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested a number of people it accuses of sowing sectarian discord in a southeastern city where the bombing of a Shi'ite mosque killed 25 people last week, a senior commander was quoted as saying on Monday.
News of the detentions in the city of Zahedan, where many of Iran's minority Sunni Muslims live, came two days after security personnel defused a homemade bomb found on a flight bound for Tehran from a southwestern city, according to Iranian media.
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