Tehran Times - The governor of Khuzestan Province on Monday rejected as false a recent report which claimed 22 individuals who were arrested over the September 22 terrorist attack in Ahvaz have been executed.

�This is an utterly false report,� Gholamreza Shariati was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying.

Shariati said the charges pressed against the Ahvaz terrorist attack suspects have been explained to them, adding that the justice department have detailed information about the cases.