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At least five senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' are among about 20 people who have been killed in an attack in southeastern Iran.
The suicide bombing, which occurred early on Sunday morning in the city of Pisheen, in Sistan-Baluchestan province, wounded another 40 people, according to the state news agency.
General Nourali Shoushtari, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' armed forces, and General Mohammadzadeh, the Guard's commander in Sistan-Baluchestan, were killed.
The attack, the deadliest attack in Iran in recent years, occurred as officers were preparing to stage a meeting between locals from Shia and Sunni communities.
Some local tribal leaders, civilians and senior Revolutionary Guards' officers were reportedly among those killed.
Ali Larijani, Iran's parliamentary speaker, confirmed the deaths in an address to parliament.
Past attacks
Sistan-Baluchestan borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, and has been the scene of past clashes between security forces, Sunni fighters and drug traffickers.
One Sunni group called Jundallah has been accused by Tehran of launching regular attacks in the province and is strongly opposed to the predominantly Shia government.
The Revolutionary Guards is an elite force fiercely loyal to the tenants of the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Al Jazeera's Nazinene Moshiri, in Tehran, the capital, said: "Just three weeks before [June's] presidential elections there was a big explosion in that area, where 25 people were killed and more than 100 injured.
"The head of Jundullah said that his group carried out the attack.
Moshiri said that there was no suggestion that the blast was linked to the recent disputed presidential elections.
"What is common in this area is kidnappings, explosions and clashes between Jundullah and Iranian authorities.
"But what is very interesting is that this meeting that was about to take place was with senior commanders of the Revolutionary Guard. So this was potentially an extremely important meeting."
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A file picture of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards marching during a military parade in Tehran.
Al-Jazeera
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