Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said blast in a Shiraz mosque on April 11, 2008 was an act of sabotage.

He said, "The explosion was a conspiracy by Iran's enemies and the monarchists and with the support of countries which claim defending human rights and anti terrorist measures."
In an explosion in a mosque in southern city of Shiraz, Fars province, on April 11 more than 190 people were injured and 12 killed.