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Brush Fire Put Out in Iranian Capital, Authorities Say

Reuters

   DUBIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - A short-circuit on a power linesparked a
   brush fire in an easternneighborhoodof the Iraniancapital Tehran on
   Friday, police and the fire department said,denying there had been an
   explosion, the semi-official newsagency ILNA reported.

   The deputy chief of Tehran police HamidHadavandtold theagency that the
   fire had been put out, while a fire departmentspokesman said there was
   no report of any explosion.Since late June, a string of fires and
   blasts have beenreported at military, industrial and nuclear sites in
   Iran aswell as at oil refineries, power plants, factories and
   businesses.

   Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday foreign governmentsmay have
   been behind recent cyberattacks on Iranianfacilities,butplayed down the
   possibility of them having a role in thefires and explosions.

   An article this month by Iran's state news agency IRNAaddressed what it
   called the possibility of sabotage by enemiessuch as Israel and the
   United States, although it stopped shortof accusing either directly.

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