Bomb blast in southeast Iran, 18 dead: IRNA

Tehran, Feb 14: Eighteen people were killed today when a bomb exploded next to a bus in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the official IRNA news agency reported.

IRNA said the bomb was hidden in a car by ''armed rebels and attackers'' and exploded as the bus, belonging to the ground forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, passed by. The agency initially said the bomb was in the bus.

Reuters