Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday (January 3) to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020, Iranian officials said, blaming unspecified "terrorists."
Still photographs from the city of Kerman where Soleimani is buried showed a bloodied person lying near an ambulance, and damaged cars. An unnamed official told state news agency IRNA that "two explosive devices planted along the road leading to Kerman's Martyrs' Cemetery were detonated remotely by terrorists."
State television said that at least 103 people had been killed and 211 others injured, making it one of the worst such attacks in Iran, which has faced similar incidents in the past from various groups, including Islamic State.
