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| A homemade bomb discovered on board an Iranian plane has been defused, semi-official news agencies report. | A homemade bomb discovered on board an Iranian plane has been defused, semi-official news agencies report. |
| According to several Iranian news agencies, the bomb was discovered on a plane shortly after it took off from the oil-rich city of Ahvaz. | According to several Iranian news agencies, the bomb was discovered on a plane shortly after it took off from the oil-rich city of Ahvaz. |
| Plain-clothes security guards, who are believed to travel on every Iranian flight, found it in a toilet. | Plain-clothes security guards, who are believed to travel on every Iranian flight, found it in a toilet. |
| The incident comes at a time of rising tension in the run up to Iran's presidential elections on 12 June. | The incident comes at a time of rising tension in the run up to Iran's presidential elections on 12 June. |
| The plane turned back to Ahvaz for an emergency landing when the bomb was discovered. | The plane turned back to Ahvaz for an emergency landing when the bomb was discovered. |
| The flight resumed after the bomb was defused. | The flight resumed after the bomb was defused. |
| The incident follows a bomb attack on a mosque in the south-east of the country on Thursday. | The incident follows a bomb attack on a mosque in the south-east of the country on Thursday. |
| In the latest incident, the plane was also flying from a border province - this time, an area that borders Iraq, and has also had problems with restive minorities. | In the latest incident, the plane was also flying from a border province - this time, an area that borders Iraq, and has also had problems with restive minorities. |
| Tension seems to be rising in the run up to the presidential election in two weeks time, particularly as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is by no means guaranteed re-election. | Tension seems to be rising in the run up to the presidential election in two weeks time, particularly as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is by no means guaranteed re-election. |