Several casualties in terror attack on military parade in Ahvaz

Mostafa Koshcheshm, a Tehran-based political commentator and journalist, told Al Jazeera that Revolutionary Guard officials were blaming the Ahwazi separatist movement, which has been "nurtured, supported, and trained by Saudi Arabia". "It's been operating for the past several years, they are looking to cut off and separate Iran's energy rich province of Khuzestan from Iran, which is exactly what Saddam Hussein wanted to do," said Koshcheshm.