2024 Kerman bombings
On 3 January 2024, a commemorative ceremony marking the killing of Qasem Soleimani at his grave in eastern Kerman, Iran, was attacked by two bomb explosions. The attacks killed at least 94 people, and injured 284 others. The Iranian government declared the bombings a terrorist attack, making it the deadliest such incident in the country since the Cinema Rex attack of 1978. On the following day, ISIS, a Sunni extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Shia dominated country. According to Reuters, the United States Intelligence Community concluded that the attack was perpetrated by the Afghanistan branch of the ISIS, ISIS-K.
| Kerman bombings | |
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The site of the bombings on the route towards the Martyrs' Cemetery with the dome of the Saheb al-Zaman mosque visible in the background | |
| Location | Kerman, Iran |
| Date | 3 January 2024 15:50–16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
Attack type | Suicide bombings |
| Deaths | 96 (including the two attackers) |
| Injured | 284 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
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