Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:54pm on 03 Jan 2024,Wednesday International
Following the two explosions at an event commemorating the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran on Wednesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned the blasts and said: "The enemies of the nation should know that such actions can never disrupt the solid determination of the Iranian nation." The United States rejected suggestions that either Israel or Washington was behind the blasts. "The United States was not involved in any way, and any suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. "We have no reason to believe that Israel was involved in this explosion," he added. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned the twin blasts which claimed at least 103 lives and injured more than 200.
