Dozens were killed and injured in two explosions that rocked the central city of Kerman on the fourth anniversary of the death of General Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Local authorities are talking about a “terrorist attack.”
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Two explosions killed dozens of people in Kerman, Iran, where a memorial ceremony was being held on the fourth anniversary of the death of military leader Qassem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force.
According to the latest reports from Iranian officials, the number of victims amounted to 103, more than 140 were injured. This data will continue to change.
The first explosion occurred 700 meters from Soleimani’s burial site, and the second one a kilometer away, IRNA adds.
“The explosions were caused by terrorist attacks“State media quoted a local official in Kerman province as saying, who did not indicate who might have been behind the attack.
Nournews previously reported that “several gas cylinders exploded on the road leading to the cemetery“.
State television showed Red Crescent rescue workers treating the wounded at a mourning event attended by hundreds of Iranians.
A prominent representative of the Ayatollah regime, a general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in Baghdad exactly 4 years ago, on January 3, 2020, as a result of a US airstrike. There was a stampede at his funeral that left at least 56 people dead and more than 200 injured.
2024-01-03 14:01:39
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