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Iran, Israel trade accusations over deadly Bulgaria bombing
Published December 02, 2015
July 19, 2012 in this file photo, a damaged bus is transported out of Burgas airport, Bulgaria, a day after a deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers. (AP)
Iran is calling Israeli allegations that it was responsible for last week's suicide bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria "baseless" and is accusing Israel of carrying out a "terrorist operation."
Israel's deputy U.N. ambassador Haim Waxman says the accusation by Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee is "appalling but not surprising from the same government that says the 9/11 attack was a conspiracy theory and denies the Holocaust."
Waxman and Khazaee traded accusations during a U.N. Security Council debate on the Mideast on Wednesday.
The bombing killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said Tuesday that a sophisticated group of conspirators was involved in the bombing. He did not give any nationalities of those believed to be responsible.
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