Blast kills 30 people in SE Iran

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(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-29 14:45

People look around in a mosque in southeast Iran on Thursday. An explosion at a prominent Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday killed 30 people and wounded 60, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported. [Xinhua]

TEHRAN -- An explosion in a mosque in southeast Iran near the border with Pakistan killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 60 others on Thursday, Iran's English-language channel Press TV reported.

The crowd had gathered at the mosque in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan to commemorate the death anniversary of the daughter of the prophet of Islam, Press TV reported.

The official IRNA news agency quoted Ali Mohammad Azad, the governor general of Sistan-Baluchistan province with Zahedan as the capital, as saying that 15 people were killed and 80 others were wounded.

He said "a terrorist" was involved in the explosion, which happened at 7:45 p.m. (1515 GMT) Thursday.

Police were investigating the blast and no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the bombing, according to Press TV.

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