Iran blast 'not an attack'

2005-02-16 18:59

Tehran - A powerful explosion in southern Iran on Wednesday which raised jitters of a possible attack on the country's nuclear installations, was a result of road blasting, a senior security official said.

"It was an explosion set deliberately to blast through rock and open a road," supreme national security council spokesperson Agha Mohammadi told AFP.

"In no circumstances was it an attack against the Islamic republic's nuclear installations."

- SAPA