IRAN:At least one hundred and three(103) people were killed on Wednesday and one hundred and eighty-eight(188) injured in the Iranian city of Kerman after twin blasts near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani,in what officials called a terror attack,CNN reported.
It has been reported that, the blasts, at least one of which was caused by a bomb, state TV said, came on the fourth anniversary of Soleimani’s death in a US air strike, and threatens to accelerate tensions in the region that have spiked since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The first explosion was 2,300 feet (700 meters) from Soleimani’s grave, and the second was 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) away as pilgrims visited the site, IRNA added.
Soleimani was killed by a US airstrike ordered by former President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport four years ago Wednesday.
Qasem Soleimani-the late Iran Army Commander.