Blasts leave 27 dead in southeast Iran - UPDATE

The number of the victims of the terrorist attack to Zahedan  Jame Mosque southeast of Iran late Thursday reached 27, Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi was quoted as saying by MEHR.

She added that the blasts also left more than 270 injured, 11of whom are in critical health condition. "Doctors performed an operation on 170 wounded and the rest are receiving outpatient medical service," Vahid Dastjerdi said.

Vahid Dastjerdi said the ministry directed a group of surgeons to the Zahedan.

Many of the wounded are in critical condition, he added.

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More than 20 people have been killed and over 100 others have been wounded after two explosions hit the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

"Two explosions in the front of Zahedan's Grand Mosque have left more than 20 martyrs and over 100 injured," Fariborz Rashedi, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan's emergency unit told IRNA.

The first explosion occurred at 9:20 p.m. local time (1650 GMT) in front of the city's Grand Mosque, and was followed by a second blast within minutes, IRNA said.

Jalal Sayyah, a police official, said emergency forces have arrived at the scene of the incident, adding that an investigation into the incident was underway.

Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdollahi described the incident as a "terrorist act," Fars news agency reported.


/Press TV, Trend/