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Fatal blast near Baghdad Green Zone
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![A vehicle exploded in a car park used by visitors to the defence ministry [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Iraq/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/vehicle.jpg "A vehicle exploded in a car park used by visitors to the defence ministry [AFP]") | | A vehicle exploded in a car park used by visitors to the defence ministry [AFP] |
At least two Iraqi civilians have been killed after a car bomb exploded near the Iranian embassy in the capital, Baghdad.
Three Iranian embassy guards were also injured in the blast which the blast erupted on Sunday in a car park outside the Green Zone housing government and foreign diplomatic offices, a police official said.
The car park was used by visitors to the Iraqi defence ministry, which lies inside the heavily fortified area.
Sunday's attack followed a suicide bombing west of the capital on Saturday night that left at least nine people were killed, according to a local mayor.
The blast on Sunday came as the US military announced that May was the least deadly month for US troops in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
Iraq's defence, interior and health ministries also announced at least 563 Iraqis were killed during May compared to at least 1,073 dead in April and 1,082 in March.
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