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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday appeared to blame Arab separatists for a deadly attack on a parade, accusing an unnamed U.S.-backed Gulf state of supporting them. Tehran also summoned diplomats from Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain for allegedly hosting members of the group suspected of links to Saturday’s attack near the Iraqi border, which left at least 29 people dead. Four militants attacked a parade commemorating the beginning of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, launched by Baghdad, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan Province. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility. But from early on, Iranian officials saw an Arab separatist movement, the Ahwazi Democratic Popular Front or Al-Ahwazi, as the main suspect. “Those who have caused this catastrophe… were Saddam’s mercenaries as long as he was alive and then changed masters,” said Mr. Rouhani, referring to Saddam Hussein. “One of the countries in the south of the Persian Gulf took care of their financial, weaponry and political needs.”
