Iran's president has accused Pakistani agents of involvement in a suicide bombing in south-east Iran targeting a group of elite¹ Revolutionary Guards.

伊朗总统指责巴基斯坦特工参与了伊朗东南部针对一对精英革命部队的自杀式炸弹袭击。

Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been hit in the country\'s south-east before

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Pakistan to apprehend²（逮捕，理解） the attackers, who Iranian officials suggested had arrived from Pakistan.

At least 35 people died in the attack, in south-eastern Sistan-Baluchistan.

A Pakistani spokesman condemned³ the attack, which has been blamed on the Sunni resistance group, Jundullah.

The foreign office spokesman, Abdul Basit, also dismissed Iranian claims that Jundullah's leader was in Pakistan.

'Crushing' response

According to state media, one or more suicide bombers⁵ targeted the group of Revolutionary Guards leaders who had arranged to meet with tribal⁶ leaders in the Pishin district close to the Pakistani border.

Reports said a suicide bomber⁴ detonated（爆炸） a belt packed with explosives as the Guards as the meeting was about to start.

The deputy commander of the Guards' ground force, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, and the Guards' chief provincial⁷ commander, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, were among at least six officers reported to have been killed.

Dozens of people were injured.

A top Guards officer has also vowed⁸ to deliver a "crushing" response to those behind the attack, according to Agence France Presse.

Mr Ahmadinejad pointed⁹ towards Pakistan.

"We were informed that some security agents in Pakistan are co-operating with the main elements of this terrorist incident," he was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.

"We regard it as our right to demand these criminals from them," he said, without giving elaborating（详细地说明，推敲）.

"We ask the Pakistani government not to delay any longer in the apprehension¹⁰ of the main elements in this terrorist attack."

Iranian authorities summoned（召唤，振奋） a senior Iranian diplomat¹¹ in Tehran, claiming that the assailants had arrived in Iran from Pakistan, Iranian state media reported.

The foreign ministry¹² also "protested against the use of Pakistani territory by the terrorists and rebels against the Islamic Republic of Iran," the Isna news agency reported.

Earlier, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said "US action" contributed to the attack - an accusation¹³（指控，非难） dismissed by the US.

Banditry and kidnapping

Sistan-Baluchistan is mainly made up of the Baluchi ethnic¹⁴ group, who belong to the Sunni Muslim minority of Shia-ruled Iran.

Jundallah has previously¹⁵ been accused by Iran of terrorist activities in the province.

The province borders both Pakistan and Afghanistan, and has long been affected¹⁶ by smuggling¹⁷（走私）, drug trafficking, banditry（盗窃） and kidnapping.

Jundallah, also known as the Popular Resistance Movement of Iran, says it is fighting against the political and religious oppression of the country's Sunni minority.

Local media cited officials as saying Jundallah had accepted responsibility for Sunday's bombing, though there was no direct claim from the group.