Photos: More Than 100 Killed in Explosions in Iranian City of Kerman, Reports Reveal
On Wednesday, two explosions rocked the Iranian city of Kerman, killing at least 103 people, including 6 children, and injuring about 170 others, according to Iranian media.
SputnikHundreds of people gathered at a cemetery in Kerman on the anniversary of the death of General Soleimani.
Soleimani was a commander of the special forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (elite part of the Iranian armed forces) and got killed in Baghdad in a targeted US airstrike four years ago.
Deputy Governor of Kerman province Rahman Jalali called the explosions a terrorist attack.
The two bombs that caused the explosion near the cemetery were placed in bags and detonated remotely, state news agency Tasnim reported.
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At the site of an explosion in the Iranian city of Kerman.
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At the site of an explosion in the Iranian city of Kerman.
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Shortly before the explosion in the Iranian city of Kerman.
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At the site of an explosion in the Iranian city of Kerman.
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At the site of an explosion in the Iranian city of Kerman.