Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:46pm on 03 Jan 2024,Wednesday International
Two explosions near the grave of General Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran, resulted in 73 fatalities and 170 injuries during a gathering marking the anniversary of his 2020 killing. Described as a "terrorist attack" by Kerman's deputy governor, the blasts intensified tensions in the Middle East. Tasnim news agency reported remote-controlled bombs, with the ISNA agency stating the explosions occurred ten minutes apart. Soleimani, a revered figure in Iran, led the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force and was killed in a US drone strike. The incident follows the recent Beirut drone strike killing Hamas's Saleh al-Aruri.
