TEHRAN: 60 Iranian soldiers including several senior officers in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps were killed in a suicide attack early Sunday in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
"In this terrorist act, General Nur-Ali Shushtari, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards land army, General Mohammad-Zadeh, commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the Guards' commander for the town of Iranshahr and the commander of the Amir al-Momenin unit died," the sources reported.
It was the biggest strike in recent years on the Revolutionary Guards.
Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani confirmed the officers' death in an announcement to parliament that was broadcast on television.
Iran has previously accused shadowy Sunni group Jundallah of launching regular attacks in the province, which borders both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Jundallah is strongly opposed to the government of predominantly Shiite Iran.
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