TEHRAN: Iranian security forces arrested a person allegedly linked to a suicide blast that killed a police commander, state media reported on Sunday, after the rare attack in Hormozgan province.

The attack took place on Saturday in the southern coastal city of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iranian media reported.

On Sunday the separatist jihadist group, Ansar al-Furgan, claimed credit for the attack, according to SITE Intelligence Group which quoted the Ansar al-Furgan Telegram channel.

The official IRNA news agency reported that `one person was arrested following the deadly terrorist attack.` It did not give further details including the suspect`s identity.

IRNA said the suicide blast also killed theattacker, whose identity `has not yet been accurately identified and investigations are ongoing,` the agency quoted Ehsan Kamarani, the deputy provincial governor, as saying.

He added that `the evidence shows that he was affiliated with takfiri groups`, terminology used by Iran to describe Sunni groups.

Ansar al-Furgan in 2018 claimed responsibility for driving an explosive-laden car into a police station in Chabahar, in SistanBaluchistan province adjacent to Hormozgan.

Two officers were killed.

Sistan-Baluchistan, an area long plagued by unrest, in October saw 10 police officers killed in what Iranian media called a `terrorist attack`. The Jaish al-Adl (Arabic for Army of Justice) claimed responsiblity.-AFPattacker, whose identity `has not yet been accurately identified and investigations are ongoing,` the agency quoted Ehsan Kamarani, the deputy provincial governor, as saying.

He added that `the evidence shows that he was affiliated with takfiri groups`, terminology used by Iran to describe Sunni groups.

Ansar al-Furgan in 2018 claimed responsibility for driving an explosive-laden car into a police station in Chabahar, in SistanBaluchistan province adjacent to Hormozgan.

Two officers were killed.

Sistan-Baluchistan, an area long plagued by unrest, in October saw 10 police officers killed in what Iranian media called a `terrorist attack`. The Jaish al-Adl (Arabic for Army of Justice) claimed responsiblity.-AFP