At least 103 people were killed in a double explosion this Wednesday, January 3, 2024, near the tomb of General Iranian Qassem Soleimani.
This double explosion, which made more than 170 injured, occurred during the ceremony in memory of the former chief of force al-Quds Qassem Soleimani, he had been killed in 2020 by an American strike at Baghdad airport.
The blasts took place in Kerman in the southeast of the country. The number of victims was communicated by the official news agency Irna.
Other sources evoke several gas cylinders that have exploded on the road leading to the cemetery.
“It is not yet known whether the explosions have been caused by gas cylinders or a terrorist attack,” said a local official quoted by official media.
