On the fourth anniversary of the death of Qassem Soleimani, the former head of the Quds Force, the elite wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a bomb exploded at a gathering a few hundred meters from his grave in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman.
On Wednesday (January 3), 103 citizens of the country were killed and hundreds were injured in this terrible explosion. Qatar-based media Al Jazeera reported this information.
According to the report, the leader of the Quds Force, Ismail Qani, claimed that the attack was sponsored by America and the Zionist regime. He said, Iran was attacked by 'bloodthirsty'. Iran was attacked with the support of Israel and the US. He expressed grief and condolences to the people of Kerman.
The report also said that the President of Iran, Ibrahim Raisi, has also ordered an investigation into those involved in the attack. In a written statement, Ibrahim Raisi said, "Undoubtedly, the perpetrators of this cowardly act will be identified soon and punished for their heinous acts through the security and law enforcement forces."
Earlier, Hassan Ahmadian, professor of the Middle East Studies Department of Tehran University, said that after the terrible explosion near the tomb of General Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, a big question has arisen in Iran, who carried out this attack?
It is to be noted that after the incident, several dead bodies were seen lying on the road in several videos of the explosion spread on social media. Kerman's deputy governor called the explosion a "terrorist attack". On the anniversary of Qasem Soleimani's death, the twin blasts hit hundreds of people as they marched to his grave. Earlier in January 2020, Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.