UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the Sunday terrorist attacks in Iran, which resulted in the deaths of a large number of people and many injuries.

    A statement, issued by Ban's spokesperson here, said: "The secretary-general strongly condemns yesterday's terrorist attacks in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran which resulted in the death of a large number of people and many injured."

    "He extends his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and wishes those injured a full recovery," the statement said.

    Early on Sunday, a deadly bomb attack occurred in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near Iran's border with Pakistan, killing at least 40 people, including a number of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders, and wounding 30others, reports said.

    The Sunni rebel group Jundallah (God's soldiers) has claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack, the reports said.

    Expressing condolence over the incident, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the "terrorist attack" was carried out by foreign-bound criminals.