CIA accused of role in Iran suicide bombing

The minister did not give details.

Iranian officials previously accused US and British intelligence services of having a hand in Wednesday’s attack in the city of Chabahar but without naming any specific agency.

The attack on a Shiite religious procession was claimed by Sunni militant group Jundallah (Army of God),which says it is fighting for the rights of the region’s Sunni ethnic Baluchi community against Iran’s Shiite regime.

Iranian media today said the death toll has climbed to 36 from the suicide bombing on the eve of the climax of the annual Shiite mourning ritual of Ashura,while dozens of others were wounded.

Nine people linked to the bombing have reportedly been arrested.