Iran has blamed the West and Israel for the twin suicide bombings on a mosque two days ago that killed at least 27 people and left scores wounded.
As funerals for the victims of Thursday's attack got under way, Iranian police also arrested 40 people for "creating disturbances", local media reported on Saturday.
The Jundallah (Soldiers of God) group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which targeted a Shia mosque attended by members of the elite Revolutionary Guards in the predominantly Sunni city of Zahedan in the Sistan-Baluchestan province.
Geneneral Ahmad Reza Radan, Iran's deputy police chief, told the semiofficial Fars agency that police had arrested people who "intended to create insecurity in the city of Zahedan after the bombing".
Other government officials lashed out at foreign powers, blaming them for the deadly bombings.
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