KOLKATA : over 100 people were killed general soleimani’s and 165 are injured in one after one explosions near assassinated commander Qassem Soleimani’s Cemetry in the south city of iran’s karman, reported Iranian state media.
The explosion occurred during the ceremony heald to mark the killing of Iran’s top commander in a US dron attak at Baghdad airport in 2020. The diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran had touched a new law after solomani’s killing.
The semi official claimed, “SEVERAL GAS CANISTER EXPLODED ON THE ROAD LEADING TO THE CEMETREY”
The blast were caused by terrorist, state media quoted a local official in the kerman province as saying. According to news agency reuters, state TV showed Red Cresent rescuers attending to wounded people at the ceremony, where hundreds of Iranians had gathered to mark soleimoni’s death anniversary.
“Our rapid action teams are rescuing the injured . But there are very huge crowds are blocking roads, Reza fallah, head of the kerman province red crescent told state TV.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi condemned the twice detonation, calling it “heinous act” and vowed to punish those behind the blasts.
Undoubtedly, the perpetrators of this crowedly act will soonbe identified and punished for their heinous act by the capable security and law enforcement forces,” said president Raisi in a statement.
Following the terrorist incident in kerman, the government declared tomorrow “Thursday” a day for public ourning across the country,” state television announced on Wednesday. The United States assassinated Solemoni in 2020 on formar president Donald Trump’s orders.
The targeting strike was in response to his alleged role in killing “millions of people,” including attacks against American personnel in the region, trump had said, justifying Soleimani’s elimination.
The Iranian commander, Mejor General Qasem Suleimani, who led the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops, was blown to bits along with some of his Iraqi allies by missiles fired from an American MQ-9 Reaper drone as they were driving across the tarmac of Baghdad airport after arriving from Damascus, Syria, where Iran is backing the Russia supported Bashar-al Assad regime