Two terrorist blasts in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman have left 73 people dead and 170 more injured.
According to Iran's Emergency Organization, the explosions occurred near the burial site of martyred Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, where people had flocked to mark his fourth martyrdom anniversary.
Ambulances have rushed to the location, reports Press TV.
According to state news agency IRNA, the first explosion occurred some 700 meters from the grave of General Soleimani and the second one about one kilometer away.
Two bomb-laden suitcases that were detonated by remote control caused the explosions.
The first explosion occurred at 14:50 local time, and the second took place 15 minutes later. Some people were injured during a crowd crush following the first explosion, said the local media.
All the injured have been transferred to hospitals and the situation is under control.
General Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and their companions were assassinated in a US drone strike authorized by then-US President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
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