Posted on Jan 4, 2024
Iran leader vows harsh response to deadly bombings that killed 84
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed a "harsh response" to a bomb attack on crowds marking the anniversary of spymaster Qasem Soleimani's assassination by the US.
The attack in Kerman in southern Iran killed 84 people and wounded many more.
The death toll was revised down on Thursday morning by the head of Iran's emergency services from an earlier figure of 95.
The Islamic State group (IS) said it carried out the attack.
The attack in Kerman in southern Iran killed 84 people and wounded many more.
The death toll was revised down on Thursday morning by the head of Iran's emergency services from an earlier figure of 95.
The Islamic State group (IS) said it carried out the attack.
Iran leader vows harsh response to deadly bombings that killed 84
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."President Ebrahim Raisi called the bombings a "cowardly act" carried out by "Iran-hating criminals and the henchmen of terror and darkness".
UN Secretary General António Guterres strongly condemned the attack and expressed his "deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and the government" of Iran, his spokesman said.
As commander of the Revolutionary Guards' overseas operations arm, the Quds Force, Soleimani was an architect of Iranian policy across the region.
He was in charge of the Quds Force's clandestine missions and its provision of guidance, funding, weapons, intelligence, and logistical support to allied governments and armed groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas.
Then-US President Donald Trump, who ordered the 2020 drone strike, described Soleimani as "the number-one terrorist anywhere in the world" and alleged that troops under his command had murdered hundreds of American civilians and servicemen over the previous two decades.
Iran's government accused the US of an act of international terrorism and issued arrest warrants for Mr Trump and other officials."
..."President Ebrahim Raisi called the bombings a "cowardly act" carried out by "Iran-hating criminals and the henchmen of terror and darkness".
UN Secretary General António Guterres strongly condemned the attack and expressed his "deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and the government" of Iran, his spokesman said.
As commander of the Revolutionary Guards' overseas operations arm, the Quds Force, Soleimani was an architect of Iranian policy across the region.
He was in charge of the Quds Force's clandestine missions and its provision of guidance, funding, weapons, intelligence, and logistical support to allied governments and armed groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas.
Then-US President Donald Trump, who ordered the 2020 drone strike, described Soleimani as "the number-one terrorist anywhere in the world" and alleged that troops under his command had murdered hundreds of American civilians and servicemen over the previous two decades.
Iran's government accused the US of an act of international terrorism and issued arrest warrants for Mr Trump and other officials."
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