The Daesh terrorist group claimed duty for 2 blasts that killed over 100 folks attending a commemoration ceremony for slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iran’s Kerman on Wednesday.
The group posted an announcement on its affiliate Telegram channels.
The blasts ripped by means of crowds who had come to honor Soleimani, 4 years after a focused U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed the veteran senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Investigators have confirmed that the primary blast, which struck at round 2:45 p.m. (1115 GMT) some 700 meters (yards) from Soleimani’s grave, was detonated by a “suicide bomber,” the official IRNA news company reported Thursday.
Investigations are persevering with into the set off for the second explosion but it surely was “very probably another suicide bomber,” IRNA mentioned, citing an “informed source.”
Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of Tehran, with out naming them, and vowed a “harsh response.”
In mid-2014, Daesh terrorists overran massive swathes of northern Iraq and Syria.
In latest years, they suffered main territorial losses and army defeats to Western forces in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
However, its operatives often unleash assaults in each international locations.
Source: www.dailysabah.com