According to media reports, at least 42 people died in the suicide bombing in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran, which borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The attacker detonated the bomb at a meeting of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and local tribesmen in the south-eastern region of the country.

In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, Mr. Ban today extended his condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the Government, wishing a full recovery to those wounded in the attack.

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