Two bombs exploded today in separate towns in Khuzestan, a south-western province known for unrest among its Arab population.

Downing Street today dismissed claims by Iran’s president that the UK was implicated in two bombings in the south of his country.

Iran’s president today blamed Britain and the US for two bombings that killed at least nine people in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.

Bombs killed six people and wounded more than 30 others today in Ahvaz, a southwestern city with a history of violence involving members of Iran’s Arab minority, Iranian state media reported.

Iran’s top nuclear official said today that his country will enrich uranium and produce nuclear fuel in Iran, despite US-led international efforts to curb such efforts.

Iran plans to construct two more nuclear power plants despite international concern over its atomic programme, a top official said today.

Iran claimed today that it had arrested anti-government separatists with links to British intelligence services, accusing them of involvement in violent protests and a recent spate of deadly bombings.

Several people have been killed and more injured by three bombs that exploded this morning near government buildings in Ahvaz, in south-western Iran, officials said.

Iran, accused by the US of using a nuclear energy program as a front to produce weapons, has repeatedly said its program is for peaceful purposes only, and that it needs nuclear power to generate enough electricity to remain self-sufficient.