Tehran - The remains of six Iranian diplomats and a journalist slain by the Taliban militia in Afghanistan arrived in Tehran shortly before midnight Monday as President Mohammad Khatami and thousands of other mourners were waiting.
Earlier yesterday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the Taliban and Pakistan that their actions in Afghanistan could provoke a major regional conflict.
Soldiers carried the seven coffins, each draped in the Iranian flag, from the Red Cross plane at Tehran airport to ambulances while a military band played the national anthem followed by dirges, the official IRNA news agency said.
