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The death toll, initially estimated at 20, rose to 26, according to local officials on Friday who said some of the wounded had life-threatening injuries.

The Sunni Muslim militant group Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Web site, saying that two of its “faithful and brave sons” had detonated suicide bombs amid a group of Revolutionary Guards who had gathered at a religious meeting hall for a commemoration of their organization.

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