Announce Islamic State organizationToday, Thursday, it claimed responsibility for the double explosion in the southern Kerman province IranWhich led to the death of more than 100 people and the injury of dozens, according to what Reuters reported from a statement by the organization on its channels on Telegram.
This comes at a time when the Iranian Foreign Minister announced Hussein Amir Abdullahian That his country initiated legal and political measures through United nations Regarding the explosion, he expressed his sadness and condolences to the families of the victims and the Iranian people.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Iranian government announced public mourning for the victims of the double explosion, while the Iranian President said Ibrahim Raisi “Revenge against those behind the terrorist attack in Kerman is inevitable and definitive,” warning Israel that it “will pay a heavy price for the Kerman crime.”
For its part, the Iranian Permanent Representation to the United Nations said, “Tehran will respond with fire and anger to the organizers and perpetrators of this terrorist attack, and all those who aided and incited it,” calling in a post on the X platform for the UN Security Council to condemn the attack.
The Iranian Emergency Authority says: “The death toll from the two terrorist explosions near the grave of the former commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guard #Qassem_Soleimani In South Kerman Province #Iran It rose to 103 dead and 141 wounded.”
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While denounced Security Council International Today, the two bombings in Iran were claimed by ISIS, a spokesman said White House John Kirby – in a press conference today – United State It is not in a position to question ISIS’s claim of responsibility for that attack.
Yesterday, two explosions occurred 10 minutes apart, targeting crowds in Kerman province, southern Iran, who were commemorating the fourth anniversary of the killing of the former leader of the…Quds Force in Revolutionary Guards Iranian Qasem Soleimani An American strike in 2020.