TEHRAN – At least 27 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed on Wednesday when a bomb-laden vehicle targeted a bus carrying IRGC personnel in the Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran.
The attack, claimed by the so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group, targeted the bus carrying IRGC border guards travelling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash in south-eastern Iran.
Thirteen other were wounded in the blast.
The IRGC’s Quds Headquarters said in a statement that an explosive-laden car rammed into the bus, which was taking the personnel back to their homes.
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani criticized the “White House, Tel Aviv and their regional agents,” for their role in the attack, according to Tehran’s state news agency IRNA.
He said the attack coincides with the start of the US-sponsored two-day international “Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East” in Warsaw, Poland, showing that Washington “did not believe in international law and human rights”.
Pakistan condemned the bombing “in the strongest terms” late on Wednesday.
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“Shocked and grieved to hear about the suicide attack on IRGC bus near Zahidan, in which many lives were lost. Deepest sympathies with the families of those who have suffered in this heinous attack of terror,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Twitter.
Following the deadly attack, the governor-general of Sistan and Baluchestan declared three days of mourning.
