Target Military parade Start date September 18, 2010 Total number of deaths 12 | Non-fatal injuries 35 - 75 Location Mahabad, Iran Attack type Bomb | |
Suspected perpetrators Ba'athists
PJAK
US mercenaries
"Counter-Revolutionary groups" | ||
The Mahabad parade bombing took place on September 18, 2010, at the Iranian city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. The bombing occurred during a military parade, which came at the 30th anniversary of start of the Iran-Iraq war. As a result of the bombing 12 civilians were killed and at least 35 wounded. According to LA Times, the number of wounded was 75, 12 of them badly injured.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, however the local governor blamed the attack on "counter-revolutionary groups". Later, Abdolrasoul Mahmoudabadi, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the province, attributed the bombing to former officers of the Iraqi Ba'ath party and American mercenaries.
Aftermath
In the following cross-border raid on Iraq, which took place several days later, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Basij militias allegedly killed 30 "perpetrators of deadly bombing at a military parade in western Iran".