Iran attack kills 20

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people yesterday, including five senior commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, in southeastern Iran, the country's official news agency reported.

The IRNA news agency said the dead included the deputy commander of the Guard's ground force, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, as well as the Guard's chief provincial commander, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh. Dozens of others were wounded.

The commanders were inside a car on their way to a meeting in the Pishin region near Iran's border with Pakistan when an attacker blew himself up, IRNA said.

Iran's parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, condemned the assassination of the commanders, saying the bombing was aimed at disrupting security in southeastern Iran.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but suspicion would likely fall on the Sunni militant group Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, which has carried out attacks in southeastern Iran against Shiite targets.