Attack on Commemoration of Soleimani’s Death Leaves 103 Dead

January 3, 2024 Hour: 9:11 am

On Wednesday, at least 103 Iranians died and 173 people were injured due to two explosions in the cemetery of the city of Kerman, where the fourth anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani was being commemorated.

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The first explosion occurred about 700 meters from Soleimani’s tomb, and the second one a kilometer away. Both bombs were remotely detonated.

Local newspapers reported that among the dead are six children, and at least a dozen of the injured are in critical condition.

Authorities in the province of Kerman stated that the explosions were a terrorist act and activated emergency measures in hospitals to receive the injured.

BREAKING: Over 20 killed in two bombing attacks at the entrance of the cemetery in which the late IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani is buried, in the city of Kerman. pic.twitter.com/6GCP58R8oO

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January 3, 2024

So far, the Red Crescent in Kerman has transported about 50 injured individuals to hospitals from the cemetery, where thousands gathered today to remember Soleimani, a martyr of the Iranian revolution who died in 2020 as a result of a U.S. drone attack at Baghdad airport.

“After serving in the Iran-Iraq War between 1980 and 1988, Soleimani quickly rose through the ranks and became head of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared three days of national mourning in the moment of his death,” Le Monde recalled.

“Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will speak on the occasion of the commemoration of the assassination of Gen. Soleimani, during a speech scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, a day after the assassination of a powerful Hamas leader in Beirut,” it added.

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