FACTBOX-Sunni group suspected of killing 29 in Iran

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FACTBOX-Sunni group suspected of killing 29 in Iran

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FACTBOX-Sunni group suspected of killing 29 in Iran

A suicide bomber killed 29 people, including several senior Revolutionary Guards commanders, in southeastern Iran on Sunday, Iranian media reported. State television said a Sunni rebel group called Jundollah (God's soldiers) was suspected of carrying out the attack. Jundollah, or God's soldiers, are ethnic Baluch Sunni insurgents blamed for previous attacks in the region. * Iran, which is predominantly Shi'ite, has linked Jundollah to the Sunni Islamist al Qaeda network. It also accuses the United States of backing Jundollah in order to ...

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