About 20 killed in attack against Iran Guards: reportAbout 20 people were killed, including senior military officers of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, in an attack early Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. in the south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Fars news agency Fars News Agency (FNA) is an Iranian news agency. It was officially launched in Tehran in February 2002 to "promote the principles of the Islamic Revolution and safeguard national interests". reported. The attack, deadliest in Iran in recent years, occurred in the city of Pisheen, located near the border with Pakistan, Fars said. The strike took place when officers from the Guards were preparing to stage a meeting between local leaders of Shiite and Sunni communities. Some local tribal heads and several senior officers of the Guards were among the slain, the newsagency said. "In this terrorist act, General Nur-Ali Shushtari, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, General Mohammad-Zadeh, commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the Guards' commander for the town of Iranshahr and the commander of the Amir al-Momenin unit died," the news agency reported. Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani Ali Ardashir Larijani (Persian: علی اردشیر لاریجانی; born 1958) is an Iranian politician, and a member of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran. confirmed the officers' death in an announcement to parliament which was broadcast on television. Iran has previously accused shadowy Sunni group Jundallah (Soldiers of God Noun 1. Soldiers of God - an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda Jund-ul-Islam ) of launching regular attacks in the province, which borders both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sistan-Baluchestan is home to a sizeable Baluch minority which adheres to Sunni Islam Noun 1. Sunni Islam - one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam Sunni Islam, Muslimism - the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and . Jundallah is strongly opposed to the government of predominantly pre·dom·i·nant adj. 1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant. 2. Shiite Iran. 
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