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At least 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed and 10 wounded in a suicide attack the southeast of the country, Iranian news agency Fars reported on February 13.

The official government agency IRNA put the number of those killed at 20.

The militant Sunni Muslim separatist group Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack.

The suicide bomber struck a bus transporting Revolutionary Guards members on the road between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, in the Sistan-Baluchistan Province, the Guards said in a statement carried by state media.

Sistan-Baluchistan is a volatile area near the border with Pakistan where militant groups and drug smugglers frequently operate.

A senior IRGC commander said in reaction to the attack that Iran's response will not be limited to Iranian borders.

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