Iran vows revenge over suicide bombing
Iran vows revenge for suicide bombing which killed almost 40 people on Sunday
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Monday, 19, Oct 2009 09:12
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Iran has vowed to take revenge for a suicide bombing which killed almost 40 people, including a number of top commanders in the elite Revolutionary Guards, on Sunday.
At least 35 people are believed to have died in the attack in the Sistan-Baluchistan region.
The attack killed General Nourali Shoushtari, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' armed forces, and General Mohammadzadeh, the Guards' commander in Sistan-Baluchistan.
The region has long been blighted by a violent Sunni Muslim insurgency.
A Sunni group, Jundallah, has claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was in response to the "constant crime of the regime in Baluchistan".
Local reports suggest the attacker detonated a belt filled with explosives as Revolutionary Guards commanders met with local tribal elders.
State television later cited an "informed source" as suggesting Britain was to blame for the attack.
The reports claimed the UK had been involved by "organising, supplying equipment and employing professional terrorists".
US authorities also denied "completely false" allegations that Washington had also been involved.
The latest allegations aimed at the west come as Iran is set to resume talks in Vienna over its controversial nuclear programme.