2024 Kerman bombings

Kerman bombings
The site of the bombings on the route towards the Martyrs' Cemetery with the dome of the Saheb al-Zaman mosque visible in the background
LocationKerman, Iran
Date3 January 2024
15:50–16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Attack type
Suicide bombings
Deaths103 (+2)[1]
Injured284[2]
PerpetratorsIslamic State – Khorasan Province[3]
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Qasem Soleimani's family two days before the bombings.[4][5]

On 3 January 2024, a commemorative ceremony marking the killing of Qasem Soleimani at his grave in eastern Kerman, Iran, was attacked by two bomb explosions. The attacks killed at least 103 people,[6][1] and injured 284 others.[2][7][8] The Iranian government declared the bombings a terrorist attack,[9] making it the deadliest such incident in the country since the Cinema Rex attack of 1978.[10] On the following day, ISIS, a Sunni extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Shia dominated country.[11] According to Reuters, the United States Intelligence Community concluded that the attack was perpetrated by the Afghanistan branch of the ISIS, ISIS-K.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Iran identifies alleged bomb-maker behind last week's IS twin suicide attack that killed dozens". Associated Press. 6 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Iran says at least 84 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honoring slain general". The Washington Post. 4 January 2024. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference iskp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "واکنش‌های گسترده به ادعای خامنه‌ای درباره «حرف خدا» از «زبان» او «دیکتاتور» دیگر کنترلی بر خود ندارد" [Wide reactions to Khamenei's claim about the 'word of God' from his 'language': the 'dictator' no longer has control over himself] (in Persian). 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Martyr of Quds – Khamenei.ir". Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ Entekhab.ir, پایگاه خبری تحلیلی انتخاب. "وزیر بهداشت: آمار نهایی شهدای انفجار کرمان ۹۵ نفر است / علت بیشتر اعلام‌شدنِ آمار این بود که نام برخی به اشتباه ۲ بار ثبت شده بود". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ^ Yee, Vivian; Fassihi, Farnaz (3 January 2024). "Bombing in Iran Kills Over 100, Sowing Confusion and Speculation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ Verkaik, Robert (13 January 2024). "A bloody attack by Islamic State provides a chilling warning of the terror group's resurgence". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Twin bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani's tomb kill 73 – state TV". BBC News. 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani". 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack, Tehran vows revenge". Reuters. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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