Photo: Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad (file photo)Iran's Ahmadinejad Survives Attack: Presidency Source -- Yahoo News/Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A source in the office of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed that the Iranian president's motorcade had come under an attack on Wednesday.
He said a home-made explosive device had exploded, but that the president, who was traveling from an airport in the western city of Hamadan to give a speech in a sports arena, was fine. One person had been arrested, the source said.
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