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At least 103 killed in Iran 'terrorist attack' at event honoring general taken out in US drone strike

2024-01-03

[NYPOST] More than 100 people were killed at an event honoring former Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani

on Wednesday in what local authorities are calling a "terrorist" attack.

Thousands of Iranians had gathered at Soleimani’s gravesite in Kerman to mark the fourth anniversary of his death, carrying photos of the former head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, when authorities say two bombs went off.

The first explosion occurred just 700 meters from Soleimani’s grave, while the second was a kilometer away, Iranian national media reports.

Graphic video shared online later showed the crowds running away as emergency crews responded, with bodies lying on the ground.

The footage suggested that the second blast occurred some 15 minutes after the first — a tactic often used by terrorist groups to target emergency responders and increase the corpse count.

The two bombs were reportedly placed in suitcases and detonated remotely.

"The blasts were caused by terrorist attacks," one local official said. "Several gas canisters went kaboom! on the road leading to the cemetery."

The corpse count from the earth-shattering kabooms rose quickly Wednesday morning, with the head of Kerman’s emergency services telling state-run media it was at 103 by 10 a.m. EST.

Another 141 people were maimed, he said.

Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has multiple foes that could be behind the assault, including exile groups, bully boy organizations and state actors. IRAN PRESS/AFP via Getty Images

Following the apparent attack, Iran’s head of judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, said the perpetrators will be found and punished.

"The agents and perpetrators of this grievous crime will undoubtedly be punished," Mohseni-Ejei said in a statement, according to al-Jazeera.

"Responsible intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies are obligated to promptly pursue all the evidence and perpetrators and hand them over to the judiciary."

Posted by:Fred

#8 likely MEK, Orrrrrr a Ayatollah false flag to stir up the rubes. Times are likely to get real tough soon

Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-03 19:38

#7 Reichstag Fire by Tehran? Or a deniable act by a yet unknown third party to stick it on the usual suspects?

You think American humint would have known about the event? The guys who allowed their Chinese assets to be on hackable storage.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-01-03 18:43

#6 Joe called the Iranians before we hit the Syrian bases in a “retaliation.” Zero chance that he would green light drone zapping a bunch of civilian jihadi symps.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-01-03 17:14

#5 Solomeini is still dead, but at least he’s not lonely anymore. And this looks like “terrorism” terrorism, to be makin’ Whoopi. Iranian dissidents have to be heading the list of suspects here.

Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-01-03 17:04

#4 Are they calling it a drone strike? Not what I heard.

I doubt a drone strike because the Americans that have the balls to pull off a strike like that, they have no agency or authority in this limp wristed woke america.

Would be awesome if I were wrong. I do like the idea of planted hidden explosives and a thumb trigger, to turn-the-tables to blow up would be suicide bombers and future rapists.

But the real lesson of the day: Gen. Qassem Soleimani is still dead. *tap dance*

Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-03 15:13

#3 200+ dead

Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-03 14:49

#2 Turnaroun is fair play.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-03 13:13

#1 Good

Posted by: Chris 2024-01-03 13:10

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