Iran's Fars news agency released a photo showing what it said was the wreckage of the bus
New York Times: Bombing Kills 41 Revolutionary Guards in Iran, Government Says
TEHRAN — A suicide bomber killed 41 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on a bus in a restive region of southeast Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media reported. It was among the deadliest attacks in Iran in years.
The Revolutionary Guards quickly blamed the United States for the assault, which came during the week that Iran’s leaders have been celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution that overthrew the American-backed shah in 1979. The Revolutionary Guards did not explain precisely how the Americans could have been involved in the attack.
Dispatches by the official Islamic Republic News Agency and the Fars News Agency said the victims had been traveling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash near the Pakistan border, a haven for militant separatist groups and drug smugglers.
After initially reporting that at least 20 people had died in the attack, with an additional 20 wounded, Fars updated the death toll to at least 41 — suggesting that everyone on the bus had been killed.
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WNU Editor: A group is already taking credit for this attack .... Jaish al Adl militant group claims responsibility for attack against Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news (Reuters).
More News On Today's Suicide Attack In Iran
Suicide terrorist attack martyrs, injures dozens in SE Iran -- MEHR News Agency (Iran)
Terrorists target IRGC bus in southeastern Iran -- Press TV (Iran)
URGENT: Dozens of IRGC Members Martyred in Terrorist Attack in Southeastern Iran -- FARS News Agency
Report: At least 20 Guard personnel killed in Iran bombing -- AP
Suicide attack on Iran Revolutionary Guards bus kills 20 -- AFP
Suicide attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guards kills 30 -- CNN
Iran suicide bombing 'kills 20 Revolutionary Guards' -- BBC
Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard -- Al Jazeera
