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Iran Interior Min: "Rioters" Received Funds From CIA



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TEHRAN (AFP)--Iranian Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said Wednesday that rioters involved in post-election violence were funded by the CIA and the exiled opposition group the People's Mujahedeen of Iran.

"Many rioters are in touch with the Unites States, the CIA and the Monafeghin (People's Mujahedeen) and are being funded by their money," Mahsouli was quoted as saying.

He also accused "the Zionist occupying regime" of being among the masterminds of the unrest that was unleashed after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


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