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At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years earlier.
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2024 Kerman bombings
Suicide bombings in Iran
On 3 January 2024, a commemorative ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani at his grave in eastern Kerman, Iran, was attacked by two bomb explosions. The attacks killed at least 95 people, and injured 284 others. The Iranian government declared the bombings a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kerman
City in Kerman province, Iran
Kerman is a city in the Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
2020 U.S. drone strike killing of an Iranian major general
On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike ordered by U.S. president Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Qasem Soleimani
Iranian military officer (1957–2020)
Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination by the United States in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 3
Day of the year
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