Top military officers killed in Iran, dozens injured 
Several senior officers in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps have been killed in an attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
Early reports put the number of dead and wounded between 20 and 60 people, including two senior commanders.
State Press TV said one assassinated official was the deputy head of the Guards' ground forces. It also said dozens of others were kil
More..led or wounded, without giving details.
It is the biggest strike in recent years on the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran has previously accused shadowy Sunni group Jundallah (Soldiers of God) of launching regular attacks in the province which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Sistan-Baluchestan is home to a sizeable Baluch minority which adheres to Sunni Islam.
Jundallah is strongly opposed to the government of predominantly Shiite Iran.
Source ABC Aust.
Several top commanders in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard have been killed in a suicide bombing in the volatile south-east of the country.
Iranian state media say at least 20 people have died in the attack, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, and dozens more injured.
The commanders were in the region for a meeting with tribal leaders.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which was condemned by Iran's Parliamentary Speaker.
Iran has previously accused a Sunni resistance group, Jundallah, of terrorist activities in the province.
Sistan-Baluchistan is mainly made up of the Baluchi ethnic group who are Sunni Muslims, some of whom oppose Shia rule.
The deputy commander of the Guard's ground force, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, and the Guard's chief provincial commander, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, were among the dead, Irna state news agency reported.
Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, speaking at an open session of parliament which was broadcast live of state radio, said: "We express our condolences for their martyrdom.
"The intention of the terrorists was definitely to disrupt security in Sistan-Baluchistan Province."
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Added: Oct 18 2009 In: news_politics,middle_east
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