ISIS claims responsibility for attack in Kerman, Iran

ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack in Iran that killed at least 84 people.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg 2024/01/04 19:28

People injured in two explosions in quick succession that struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani (Photo: SARE TAJALLI / ISNA / AFP)

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – ISIS on Thursday officially took responsibility for Wednesday’s attack in Kerman, Iran, that killed at least 84 people and wounded another 284.

The group said the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers.

ISIS targeted a ceremony honoring Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2020 in Baghdad.

The IRNA state news agency earlier also reported that surveillance footage showed that a male suicide bomber detonated explosives during the ceremony.