A massive car bomb exploded close to a major army base and the Iraqi health ministry in Baghdad killing at least three people and wounding dozens on Saturday, security and health officials told AFP.
The bomb exploded at 12.35 pm (0935 GMT) next to the former site of the country's defence ministry, which is now used by the Iraqi army, an interior ministry official said, giving the death toll.
An official at Medical City Hospital in the capital said 35 people were being treated for injuries.