Iran bomber struck as guards talked to tribespeople

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Sunday when senior officers attending a conference went to talk to a group of tribes people making baskets, Iranian state television reported.

Press TV said the suicide bomber was one of the tribesmen who "detonated his explosives strapped to his body."

The bombing in the city of Sarbaz in southeastern Iran killed 29 people including the deputy head of the Guards' ground forces, General Nourali Shoushtari, and several other commanders, Iranian media reported.

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