More than 20 people are feared dead and 100 injured in a suspected twin suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Iran.
Iranian state media said "at least" 20 people were killed in the attack outside the Jamia mosque in the south-eastern city of Zahedan.
Thursday's attacks at a Shia mosque in a largely Sunni area were the work of suicide bombers, Iranian media said.
Members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard were reportedly killed in the blast.
No group immediately said it had carried out the attacks, which happenedat around 21.20 local time (16.50 GMT).
The attack on the Grand Mosque in the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province came as worshippers celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
'Suicide operation'
More than 20 people were killed and at least 100 injured, Fariborz Rashedi, the head of the medical emergency department in the province, was quoted as saying by Iran's Irna state news agency.
Zahedan member of parliament Hossein Ali Shahriari said the first suicide attack was carried out by a bomber dressed as a woman.
"The attacker, dressed in women's clothing, was trying to get in the mosque, but was prevented," Mr Shahriari told Fars, an Iranian news agency.
"When people came to rescue those hit in that blast, another bomber blew himself up. Three to four have been killed at least in the first attack."
Deputy interior minister Ali Abdollahi described the attack as a "suicide operation", AFP news agency said.
The Sistan-Baluchistan province is home to the Jundallah insurgency, a Sunni group that has claimed responsibility for bombings that have killed scores of people in recent years
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