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Berlin Police Probe Suspected Arson Attempt at Iran Opposition Group's Office

by Associated Press

   berlin --

   Police in Berlin are investigating a suspected arson attempt early
   Monday at the office of an Iranian opposition group.

   Members of the group noticed flames at a window of the building in
   Berlin's Schmargendorf district about 2:15 a.m. and were able to
   extinguish them before the fire spread inside, police said in a
   statement.

   No one was hurt, and a police investigation was under way. The
   statement didn't give further details or say who might have been
   responsible.

   The Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of
   Iran, alleged that assailants affiliated with the Iranian government
   "initiated the attack by throwing incendiary materials towards the
   building."

   The NCRI is the political wing of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, which is
   considered a terror organization by Iran and was once designated as
   such by the United States until it was delisted in 2012. The EU removed
   the group from its terrorism list in 2009.