State media say the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces and a commander of the Guards in Sistan Baluchistan are among those killed.

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Iran's speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani,said the attack was meant to create insecurity in Sistan-Baluchistan and hurt the region's economic development.

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The explosion occurred early Sunday in Pisheen, in the troubled Sistan-Baluchistan region bordering Pakistan.

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The province of Sistan Baluchistan is one of the least developed and one of the poorest areas of Iran.

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