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Sunni group claims Iran mosque blast killing 27 (AP)

July 16th, 2010

In this picture released by Iran's official IRNA news agency, a man helps a victim who was wounded in a bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles (1570 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed at least 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday — including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard — in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo / Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)AP - A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard.


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