persian gulf: The dead from Saturday's attack in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, blamed on Arab separatists, ranged from a disabled war hero to a four-year-old boy, according to Nine News Australia. The assault killed members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, including conscripts, wounded over 60 others and further ratcheted up tensions across the Persian Gulf ahead of this week's United Nations General Assembly. To improve your experience update it here News World Wails, vows of revenge at Iran funeral after parade attack5 18am Sep 25, wails and vows of revenge, thousands of Iranians have attended a mass funeral service for victims of a weekend attack targeting a military parade that killed at least 25 people. The father of 4-year-old victim Mohammad Taha lay atop his son's flag-draped coffin sobbing, a public display of grief near the Sarallah Mosque in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's oil-rich province of Khuzestan. Mourners also played drums, cymbals and horns, according to local customs. Women in long black chadors held back tears while rhythmically striking their chests, a traditional way of showing grief.
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