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Twin blasts kill over 100 at Soleimani ceremony in Iran

No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

By Associated Press, Maxar Technologies, Mehr News Agency and Tasnim News Agency

Jan. 3, 2024

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

People attend a commemoration for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3. Iran says bomb blasts at an event in the city of Kerman, honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020, have killed at least 103 people and wounded 188 others.
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People attend a commemoration for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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An Iranian girl holds up a portrait of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, during a ceremony commemorating his death anniversary, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP

This image, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows an overview of the martyr's cemetery in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, before, according to Iranian authorities, twin bomb blasts killed at least 103 people at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.
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MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP

This image, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows cars and buses near the martyr's cemetery in Kerman, Iran Wednesday, Jan. 3, before, according to Iranian authorities, twin bomb blasts killed at least 103 people at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.
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MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP

This image, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows people along a road near the martyr's cemetery in Kerman, Iran Wednesday, Jan. 3, before, according to Iranian authorities, twin bomb blasts killed at least 103 people at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.
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MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP

This image, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows a closer view of people gather at the Gen. Qassem Soleimani shrine at the martyr's cemetery in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, before, according to Iranian authorities, twin bomb blasts killed at least 103 people at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

People are seen after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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MEHR NEWS AGENCY VIA AP

People look on after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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TASNIM NEWS AGENCY VIA AP

People stay next to destroyed cars after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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MEHR NEWS AGENCY VIA AP

Injured people get aid after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.
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An injured man gets aid after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3.

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