AP:

A car loaded with explosives blew up near a bus carrying members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, killing 11 of them and wounding 31. An al-Qaida-linked Sunni militant group reportedly claimed responsibility. The semi-official news agency Fars reported that the militant group Jundallah, or God’s Brigade, issued a statement saying it carried out the blast. But officials did not confirm the claim, blaming “insurgents and drug-traffickers.” The bombing was the worst attack in years in the lawless corner of Iran near the Pakistan border, where drug gangs and militants have carried out attacks in the past….