Iran makes bogus claim about mosque bombing

CNN:

Iran has once again switched its account of what caused a mosque explosion last month that killed 13 and wounded more than 200.

Government officials now say it was an act of sabotage -- and that Britain and the United States provided support to the group that carried it out.

Both countries have denied similar allegations in the past.

Soon after the April 12 blast in the southern city of Shiraz, officials blamed it on a home-made bomb. They changed the account the following day and said it resulted from negligent handling of live munitions inside the mosque.

Officials launched an investigation.

On April 30, Minister of Information Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said "no reason, sign or witness has been found proving the possibility of sabotage," according to a report in the official Iranian news agency, IRNA.

However, the same minister claimed the blast was sabotage Wednesday -- and said the suspects had links with certain Western countries, including Britain and the United States.

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This is a bad faith claim to cover up the incompetence of the people who let such an accident happen. If the US and UK were going to explode something in Iran they would not waste their time on some obscure mosque. They would attack training facilities for Iranian backed militias in Iraq and weapon production facilities supplying weapons to Iran's proxy warriors in Iraq. When the US attacks on Iran come, the chances of targeting a mosque are remote.