Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blamed the Friday terrorist bomb attack in the Southeastern city of Chabahar on certain countries' intelligence services.

"The recent terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar was carried out at the order of the intelligence services of other countries," Larijani told an open session of the parliament on Sunday.

He urged Iranian officials to remain vigilant and seriously pursue the issue to prevent such events in the future.

The top Iranian parliamentarian stressed the importance of closely monitoring events and called on Iranian security officials to pay heed to such plots.

On Friday, a suicide bomber tried to enter Imam Hossein (AS) mosque in Chabahar but was identified by Basij (volunteer) forces before he could enter the mosque. The bomber began to escape the scene and detonated the explosive device 400 meters away. Two young Basij forces were martyred in the incident. Morteza Asoudeh, was martyred on the scene of the explosion and another one, Hamed Bazi, died of his wounds in hospital.

Meantime, Deputy Governor-General of Sistan and Balouchestan Province for Security and Political Affairs Rajabali Sheikhzadeh told FNA that 6 other people, including three children, were also injured in the attack.
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