Tehran: Twenty seven members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed a suicide attack the southeast of the country, Fars news reported on Wednesday.
A suicide car bomb targeted a bus carrying members of the Guards, it said in a statement.
The attack happened on the road between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, a volatile area near the Pakistan border where militant groups and drug smugglers frequently operate.
Al-Qaida-linked group Jaish al Adl claimed reponsibility for the attack, which also wounded ten members of the Guards, Fars reported.
A video posted by Fars showed blood and debris on the highway at the site of the attack.
An attack by gunmen on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz last fall killed at least 25 people, including 12 members of the Guards.
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