Sunday, October 18, 2009

Suicide Bombing Attack Kills Senior Iranian Commanders

Photo: Gen Shooshtari was deputy commander of the ground force

Iranian Official Blames Deadly Bombing On 'U.S. Actions' -- CNN

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A man carrying explosives blew himself up as participants headed to a conference between Shiite and Sunni groups in southeastern Iran on Sunday, killing at least 29 people.

The blast in Sarbaz in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan wounded 28 others, the semiofficial Fars news agency said.

While no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, Iran pointed the finger at the United States without disclosing its reasons.

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More News On Today's Assassination of Senior Iranian Commanders

Iranian commanders assassinated -- BBC
Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in Iran bomb -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide bomber kills 30 in attack on Iran's Guards -- AFP
Iran Guard Commanders Are Killed in Bombings -- New York Times
Iran Says Military Commanders Killed in Suicide Blast (Update2) -- Bloomberg
Suicide Bomb Kills Revolutionary Guard Commanders -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. condemns attack in Iran and denies involvement -- Reuters
FACTBOX-Sunni group suspected of killing 29 in Iran -- Reuters
Q+A - Iran's Revolutionary Guards -- Reuters

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