![]() ![]() ![]() Authorities declared Thursday would be a national day of mourning. Iranian state TV and state-run IRNA news agency quoted emergency officials for the casualty figures, which rose rapidly in the hours after the explosions. The crowd then rushed west along Shohada, or Martyrs, Street, where the second blast struck about 0.62 miles from the grave.Ī delayed second explosion is often used by militants to inflict more casualties by targeting emergency personnel responding to an attack. Images and video shared on social media appeared to correspond with officials’ accounts, which said the first blast happened about 765 yards from Soleimani’s grave in the Kerman Martyrs Cemetery near a parking lot. He said the second blast killed and wounded the most people. Ahmad Vahidi, the interior minister, told state television that the first bomb detonated around 3 p.m., with the other going off some 20 minutes later. Iranian state television and officials described the attacks as bombings, without immediately giving clear details of what happened. The explosions occurred near his grave site as long lines of people gathered for the event. ![]() Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, in a U.S. The gathering marked the fourth anniversary of the killing of Gen. The blasts shook the city of Kerman, about 820 southeast of the capital, Tehran, and sent shrapnel hurtling into a screaming crowd fleeing the first explosion. No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. drone strike in 2020, officials in Iran said, killing at least 103 people as the Middle East remains on edge over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates > Two bombs exploded minutes apart today at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. ![]()
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