Suicide bomber was a Pakistani, alleges Iran’s commander

TEHRAN: The suicide bomber who carried out last week´s attack that killed 27 members of Iran´s Revolutionary Guards was a Pakistani national, the elite force said on Tuesday.

"The suicide bomber was named Hafez Mohammad Ali and was from Pakistan," said Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Guards´ ground forces, quoted by the force´s Sepah news agency. The February 13 suicide bombing killed 27 Revolutionary Guards on a bus in the volatile southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan which borders Pakistan. The general said the probe into the attack had made headway after the model of the explosives-packed car that exploded next to the bus had been identified.