city > Ahvaz It's been a long, cold winter for Iranians who fell
for Khomeini's lofty promises of a better future 35 years ago.
International sanctions have exacerbated the pain of the middle
class struggling with high levels of unemployment.  Iran has
accused the British military of co-operating with bombers who
killed eight people in southwest Iran, but Britain denies
involvement.  A double bomb attack in the southwestern Iranian
oil city of Ahvaz has left eight people dead.  Iranian
police have defused a large bomb under a bridge in the tense
southwestern city of Ahvaz, just days after a double bombing
there killed six people and wounded more than 100. At least 10
people have been killed and 83 injured by four huge blasts in
Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz and an explosion in the
capital Tehran.  The days when Iranians in the south-eastern
city of Ahvaz could spend a pleasant evening smoking their water
pipes are numbered.  Featured on Al Jazeera join our mailing
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