At least 73 people died this Wednesday in Iran due to the explosion two bombs against a crowd commemorating the killing of General Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his death, Iranian state media reported.
The explosions occurred at a time of great tension in the Middle East, the day after the death of Hamas number two, Saleh al Aruri, an ally of Iran, in a drone attack in Beirut, which Lebanese authorities blamed on Israel .
The explosions occurred near the Saheb al Zaman mosque, where Soleimani’s tomb is located, in the southern city of Kerman.
“A huge explosion was heard near the mosque,” state television reported, before adding that another explosion occurred a few minutes later.
Rahman Jalali, deputy governor of Kerman province, said on television that the bombs It was “a terrorist attack”.
Images circulated online showed crowds trying to flee the scene as security personnel cordoned off the area. State television showed ambulances and first responders at the scene.
At least 170 people were injuredaccording to Iranian public media.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency said “two bags of bombs exploded. The perpetrators (…) apparently detonated the bombs via remote control,” it added.
Two ambulances in the crowd after the attack. This was stated by the ISNA agency quoting the mayor of Kerman, Saeed Tabrizi The two explosions occurred 10 minutes apart..
The attack came as a crowd commemorated the fourth anniversary of the death of Soleimani, who was killed in a 2020 strike by a US drone outside Baghdad airport.
The Islamic Republic is celebrating the fourth anniversary of the death of Soleimani, who was killed at the age of 62 in a drone attack in the Iraqi capital.
Quasem Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s military operations in the Middle East. Photo: Reuters.The general, in charge of the foreign operations of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, was the architect of Iranian military operations in the Middle East.
After participating in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), he quickly became head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, responsible for the Islamic Republic’s foreign operations. He was one of the most popular public figures in the country.
After his death in 2020, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, decreed three days of national mourning.
Source: Clarin
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