ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts near Soleimani’s grave in Iran
People disperse near the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Kerman on January 3, 2024. (Mehr News/AFP)
ISIS claims responsibility for a pair of explosions that killed at least 84 people near the grave of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq four years ago.
Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber accused Israel of having a hand in the attack, saying that “the representatives of the Zionist regime” had spilled blood with the blast.
But the US already indicated yesterday that the explosions appeared to be the modus operandi of ISIS.
ISIS has gone on to take responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on its affiliate Telegram channels.
