A suicide bomber attacked the front of a police headquarters in Bandar Lengeh in southern Iran on Saturday night, killing the head of the port city's military intelligence, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News reported.

Captain Mojtaba Shahidi Takhti succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, and one accompanying officer identified as Captain Javad Chatr-Sahar was also injured, the report said citing the local governor.

The bomber was positioned on the two police officers' exit route and triggered the explosion with a remote control, the report by Tasnim said.

Security forces promptly arrived at the scene after the incident and confirmed the attacker was also killed, governor Foad Moradzadeh said.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.

Jaish Al-Adl militants who seek to break away from Iran operate more in Iran’s southeast rather than its central coast.

Radical Sunni Islamic State militants have also launched repeated deadly suicide attacks against state and military targets in the Shi’ite theocracy.

Shahidi Takhti and the other officer injured in the attack "were immediately transported to the hospital," governor Moradzadeh added. However, the former succumbed to the injuries despite the efforts of the medical team.

The condition of injured officer Chatr-Sahar is currently reported as stable, a local judiciary official was quoted as saying.