Shiraz bombing: what Wikipedia removed
The 2008 mosque bombing in Iran. The opening once recorded that Iranian officials “first stated that the blast was not a terrorist attack”, a claim the article later examined. Terror ran at 5 mentions and is 0 today.
The word “terror” appeared 5 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The Iranian government’s initial claim that it was not a terrorist attack, which the article then examined, removed.
- The opening line was reworded.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2020-04-02, M1nhm (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 365594184):
The 2008 Shiraz bombing was an April 12, 2008 explosion that occurred during prayers at the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz . Twelve people were killed and 202 were injured. Around 800 people, which were mostly youth, were gathered at the Mosque to hear sermons which usually include sermons attacking the Wahabi denomination of Sunni Islam and the Bahá’í Faith . . The deputy governor of the province, Mohammad Reza Hadaegh, told IRIB an investigation was under way. Iranian officials first stated that the blast was not a terrorist attack, but caused by leftover munitions that were on display in the mosque as part of an exhibition commemorating Iran’s 19…
2026 (revision 1362530141):
Terrorist attack in a mosque in Iran An explosion occurred during prayers at the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz , Fars province on April 12, 2008. Fourteen people were killed and 202 were injured. The Jamestown Foundation reported that the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (API) took responsibility for the attack. ^ Iranian Monarchist Group Claims Responsibility for Shiraz Mosque Attack Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , Terrorism Focus , Volume: 5 Issue: 20, May 20, 2008
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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