Fri 05 January 2024:
Mourners wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran as the interior minister said on Friday a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks claimed by Islamic State.
Crowds chanted “revenge, revenge” in state TV footage of the funerals in the city of Kerman, the scene of Wednesday’s explosions, the bloodiest such attacks in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Reuters reports.
Nearly 100 people were killed in Wednesday’s assaults at a memorial for top commander Qassem Suleimani, who was assassinated in Iraq in 2020 by a US drone.
The explosions came as regional tensions soared and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza neared the three-month mark.
The interior minister, Ahmad Vahidi, told state TV a number of suspects had been arrested.
He said:
Our country’s capable intelligence agencies have found very good clues regarding elements involved in the terrorist explosions in Kerman and a section of those who had a role in this incident have been arrested.
Isis said on Thursday two of its members had detonated explosive belts in the crowd that had gathered for Soleimani’s memorial in the south-eastern city.
At the funeral in Kerman’s Imam Ali religious centre, Revolutionary Guards commander Maj Gen Hossein Salami said:
We will find you wherever you are.
In a televised address, President Ebrahim Raisi said:
Our enemies can see Iran’s power and the whole world knows its strength and capabilities.
Our forces will decide on the place and time to take action.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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