{"id":2139478,"date":"2024-01-03T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-100-killed-in-iran-terrorist-attack-at-event-honoring-late-iranian-general-tehran-says\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T13:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:46:38","slug":"at-least-100-killed-in-iran-terrorist-attack-at-event-honoring-late-iranian-general-tehran-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-100-killed-in-iran-terrorist-attack-at-event-honoring-late-iranian-general-tehran-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 dead in Iran &#8216;terror attack&#8217; at event honoring late general, Tehran reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-100-killed-in-iran-terrorist-attack-at-event-honoring-late-iranian-general-tehran-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2139478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People stay \u2063next \u2062to destroyed cars after an\u2062 explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Iran says \u200dbomb blasts at an event\u2063 honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike \u2064in 2020 have \u2064killed at least 103 people and\u2062 wounded 188 others. (Tasnim News Agency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>10:33 AM \u2013 \u200cWednesday, January 3, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tragedy Strikes: Over 100 Lives Lost in Memorial Event for Iranian General<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The attack that took place on Wednesday, had thousands of Iranians gathered \u2063at Soleimani\u2019s memorial in Kerman, to mark the fourth\u200b anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fUpdate on\u2062 the \u2064terrorist attack in Iran <\/p>\n<p>73 dead, 120 injured <\/p>\n<p>The terrorists\u2062 used two remote-controlled\u2064 briefcases to detonate them in\u200c the middle of the crowd. <\/p>\n<p>23,000 Iranian civilians have \u2062been killed\u2064 in terrorist attacks over the last four \u200ddecades.<\/p>\n<p>17,000 of them were\u2026 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5lcTL9LrNG\">pic.twitter.com\/5lcTL9LrNG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranObserver0\/status\/1742535670889943187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January \u20643, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According\u2063 to Iranian authorities, a \u200btotal of\u2063 two bombs went off at the gravesite that had photos displayed of \u2062the former \u200bhead of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s \u2062elite\u2063 Quds Force. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Iranian national media, the\u200c first bomb went off only 700 \u200dmeters (2,300 feet) from the memorial site, while the other one was a kilometer away (2,000 feet).<\/p>\n<p>Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. <\/p>\n<p>The former general, Soleimani, was buried in the cemetery after he \u200bwas killed\u2062 by a \u200bU.S. drone strike in Baghdad, in January 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Graphic video showed crowds of people running\u2064 from the\u200d blasts as emergency \u200bcrews arrived, while bodies were \u2062lying on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the \u2063footage indicated that\u2063 the second blast occurred\u200d almost 15 minutes\u200c after the first one, which is a strategy used by terrorist groups to target emergency personnel\u2064 and cause an increase\u200d in deaths. <\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, the two bombs were placed in suitcases and \u200ddetonated\u200d remotely.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe blasts were\u200d caused by terrorist attacks,\u201d one local\u2062 official said. \u201cSeveral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-20-killed-in-blasts-at-tomb-of-terrorist-iranian-general-soleimani-state-media\/\" title=\"State media reports that at least 20 people were killed in explosions at the tomb of Iranian General Soleimani, a known terrorist\">gas canisters \u2062exploded<\/a> on \u200cthe road leading to the cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, the local official also said another 141 people were also injured.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the attack, Iran\u2019s head of judiciary,\u200d Gholam Hossein\u2062 Mohseni-Ejei \u2064said those responsible for the attack will be found and punished. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe agents and perpetrators of\u2063 this grievous crime\u2062 will undoubtedly be punished,\u201d Mohseni-Ejei said\u200c in a statement, according to<em> Al-Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cResponsible \u2062intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies are obligated to \u200dpromptly pursue\u200d all the evidence and perpetrators and hand them\u2064 over to the judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Soleimani\u2062 was a national hero among Iran, and was\u2064 considered a national threat to the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Donald\u200b Trump\u2019s legal team is eyeing\u200d an appeal \u200cto the Supreme Court over state \u2063court\u2019s rulings bumping him from \u200cthe primary \u200bballot. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House Impeachment Inquiry is starting 2024\u00a0right\u2063 where it left off, investigating \u2062the Biden Family\u2019s alleged\u200b corruption.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A new USA Today-Suffolk\u200d University poll reveals \u200cBiden\u2019s failure \u200bto bring\u2062 in young voters \u2063as well as Black and Hispanic voters. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>America\u2019s newest branch of armed forces is breaking down all sorts\u2062 of barriers of the traditional military.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way \u200cto becoming a household name even before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell nearly 3% \u2062to a seven-week low\u2062 after Barclays downgraded the shares on concerns demand for its devices will \u2062remain weak in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past $45,000 for\u200c the first time since April 2022, buoyed by optimism around the possible approval\u2063 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 \u200c6:05\u2064 AM \u200bPST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide \u200brange of rules aimed\u2026 \u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the \u200dIranian \u200bgovernment responded to the attack and\u2062 what actions are they \u2063taking \u200cto bring the perpetrators to justice?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b Known \u2063for his role\u2064 in expanding Iranian influence in the\u2063 region and supporting \u200cmilitant groups. His death in the U.S. airstrike in 2020 sparked widespread mourning and anger in \u200dIran,\u2064 leading\u200b to increased tensions between\u2062 Iran\u2063 and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial event in Kerman was\u2063 meant to commemorate Soleimani&#8217;s \u2062life and legacy, but it \u2064tragically turned\u2064 into a scene\u2063 of destruction and loss. According to Iranian authorities, the \u200ctwo \u2062bomb\u2063 blasts killed at least 103 \u2064people and injured 188 others. The bombs, which \u200bwere placed\u200b in suitcases, were detonated\u2064 remotely, causing chaos and panic\u200b among \u2063the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>No group has \u200dclaimed \u200cresponsibility \u200cfor the\u2062 attack, but the Iranian government has vowed \u200bto find and \u200cpunish \u2063those responsible. Iran&#8217;s head of judiciary, Gholam Hossein\u2062 Mohseni-Ejei, \u200cstated that the perpetrators of\u200c this \u200bcrime will undoubtedly face\u2064 justice.<\/p>\n<p>The attack not only targeted the memorial \u2063event \u200bbut\u200b also aimed \u2062to maximize casualties by delaying \u200dthe second blast in order\u2062 to \u2062target \u2063emergency\u200b personnel and increase the death toll.\u200b This is a tactic often used by terrorist groups to cause maximum\u200d damage and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The images and videos from the\u2064 scene\u200d are \u2064horrifying, showing\u200c people running for their lives and \u200cbodies lying on\u2063 the \u200cground. The impact of \u200dthis \u2064attack on \u200bthe families of \u2064the victims and the Iranian society as a whole cannot be underestimated. It \u200bis a heartbreaking reminder of the\u2063 ongoing \u2063threats and challenges faced by countries affected\u2063 by\u2063 terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Iran \u200bhas a long history of\u200c dealing with terrorist attacks, with thousands of Iranian civilians losing their lives over the past four \u200bdecades. The attack\u2064 in Kerman is \u2062yet \u200danother tragic \u2064chapter in this\u200b ongoing \u2063struggle. It highlights the need for continued global cooperation\u200c and support in the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The international community must stand united in condemning such acts of \u2062violence \u200dand supporting Iran in its efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice. Attacks like these only serve \u200dto further destabilize the region and threaten\u2064 the\u200d lives and security of innocent people.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c the investigation into the \u2064attack continues,\u2062 it is crucial for Iran\u2062 to strengthen \u200cits security measures and enhance cooperation with other countries in\u2064 order to prevent future incidents. It\u200b is also \u2063important\u2064 to address the root causes of terrorism \u200band\u2062 work towards promoting \u2063peace and \u200bstability in \u2063the region.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c loss\u2062 of over 100\u200d lives in the memorial event for Soleimani is a devastating tragedy. Our hearts go\u2063 out to \u200cthe families \u200dand loved\u2062 ones\u200b of the victims, and we hope for \u2064a swift and thorough investigation that brings justice to \u2064those responsible. May the \u200bsouls of the departed rest in\u200d peace, and may Iran find strength and resilience \u200cin the face of this senseless act of \u200bviolence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 103 people have been killed and 188 others injured in bomb blasts during an event in Kerman, Iran, honoring a prominent Iranian general who was killed in a US airstrike in 2020. People are seen standing near destroyed cars in the aftermath of the explosion. 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