{"id":2140927,"date":"2024-01-04T20:46:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-takes-responsibility-for-iran-bombings-at-least-84-people-killed\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:50:21","slug":"isis-takes-responsibility-for-iran-bombings-at-least-84-people-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-takes-responsibility-for-iran-bombings-at-least-84-people-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS claims responsibility for deadly bombings in Iran, leaving 84 dead"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fisis-takes-responsibility-for-iran-bombings-at-least-84-people-killed%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=2140927&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-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">01\/03\/2024 Kerman, Iran. People visit the scene of Wednesday\u2019s bomb explosion\u2063 in \u200dthe city of Kerman 820 km (about \u200c510 miles) \u200dsoutheast of Tehran, Iran. \u2062(Photo by MAHDI\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:44 PM \u2013 Thursday, January \u200d4, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>In one of\u200d the largest \u200cterrorist attacks to hit Iran in decades<\/h2>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s suicide explosions targeted a memorial \u200dservice for an Iranian commander killed in \u2064a \u20632020 U.S. drone\u200b strike. <\/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 attacks\u2063 came while the Middle East\u200b as a whole is still in a state of tension. \u200bThe Islamic State organization, ISIS, claimed \u2063credit for the attacks\u200c on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Experts who monitor the organization attested to the fact that the message,\u2063 which was reportedly shared online \u200dby jihadists, originated with the extremists. These \u2064individuals most likely wanted to\u2064 capitalize on the instability \u200cin\u200b the region due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel\u200c conflict \u200bin the Gaza\u2064 Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in Kerman on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/at-least-100-killed-in-iran-terrorist-attack-at-event-honoring-late-iranian-general-tehran-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wednesday<\/a> left at least\u200d 84 people dead\u200b and 284 injured.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u2063directed towards a memorial service for Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, who is revered as a\u2064 national \u2062hero by theocrats\u200c in the nation\u2063 and whom the U.S. military considers a\u2063 dangerous enemy\u200c who helped terrorists \u200dkill\u200d American soldiers in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062road where one\u200c bomb\u2063 detonated on Thursday seemed to\u2063 have patches of missing asphalt, indicating that the device had been loaded with shrapnel to maximize its lethal power. Congealed blood from the\u2063 injured remained at another location.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe moment\u200d I \u2064turned around to tell my husband\u2019s sister,\u2063 \u2018Let\u2019s go to the square,\u2019 the bomb exploded,\u201d said 38-year-old Mahdieh Sazmand from her hospital bed. \u201cIf\u200c we were just 10 steps further, we \u2063would have\u2062 been right\u200c over the bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the\u2063 Islamic State organization, Omar al-Mowahed and Seif-Allah al-Mujahed were the two assailants. The report \u2062went on to say that the men used explosive vests to\u200b carry out the attacks. \u2063Additionally, it disparaged Shiites, \u200bwhom the Islamic State organization considers\u2062 to be \u200bheretics, in their discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The accusation did not specify which regional branch \u200dof the \u2062radicals carried out the\u2062 attack, unlike\u2062 previous statements that \u2062did. However,\u2063 according to Aaron Y. Zelin, a senior scholar at the Washington Institute for\u2063 Near East Policy, the most \u200brecent allegation was\u2062 directly from an account connected to the\u200b group, whereas some earlier claims did not identify the regional arm.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zelin, the\u200d organization probably hoped\u2063 that Iran would strike\u200d Israel, expanding its war\u200c on Hamas into a regional crisis that the Islamic \u200bState\u2063 would exploit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis falls under\u200d the modus \u200coperandi of\u2064 IS, especially since\u2063 it was such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-attempted-to-prepare-for-mass-casualty-attack-at-kabul-airport-hours-before-explosion\/\" title=\"Pentagon Attempted To Prepare For \u2018Mass Casualty\u2019 Attack At Kabul Airport Hours Before Explosion\">mass casualty attack<\/a>,\u201d \u200bZelin said. \u201cThey are\u200b kind of \u200blike \u2062the Joker. They want\u200c to see the world burn. They don\u2019t care how it happens \u200cas long as it benefits them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A prior attack in\u200b June 2017\u200d in Tehran\u200c on\u200b the Parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah\u2064 Khomeini\u2019s mausoleum resulted in at least 18 \u200dfatalities and over 50 injuries, according to claims made by the Islamic State\u2062 group. Additionally, the organization has reported\u200b two more attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist organization, which had \u200cproclaimed a self-declared \u200bcaliphate in \u20642014 and previously controlled a sizable portion of both Iraq and Syria, was eventually \u2063driven back by forces headed by the United States. <\/p>\n<p>In the years after, it has launched significant\u2064 attacks, but it has been chaotic. For\u2063 example, it is believed that the \u200cIslamic State group has become more powerful\u200c in neighboring Afghanistan after the Taliban overthrew\u2063 the Western-backed government \u2063there in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion coincided with \u200bthe radicals\u2019 separate appeals to followers worldwide to target Christians and Jews in order to exact revenge for the carnage that had occurred in the \u200bGaza Strip. Additionally, the organization attacked \u200bPalestinian \u200cfactions for forming an\u2064 alliance with Iran, claiming that Tehran is only using the circumstances to project an image of support for the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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>5 Illinois Voters \u200cthink Trump is a bigger problem than High Profile Pedos \u2064and Mark\u200b Cuban bows down to DEI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>On New Year\u2019s\u2063 Day, more \u2063than\u2064 700,000 \u200dillegal\u200d immigrants in California became eligible for Medi-Cal health benefits, regardless of immigration\u200c status.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Denise Aguilar, is\u200c a California mom, activist\u2064 and co-founder of\u2064 Freedom \u2062Angels. She\u2019s been fighting for parental rights in the state for 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat leaders are struggling to handle the growing influx of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-ralph-norman-invasion-of-migrants-across-border-blood-on-this-administrations-hands\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Ralph Norman: 'Invasion' of Migrants Across Border, 'Blood on This Administration's Hands'\">illegal aliens coming<\/a> into our country from the Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing \u200cemployees calling CEO Elon \u2064Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way to\u200b becoming \u200ca household name even before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell nearly 3% to a seven-week low after Barclays \u200ddowngraded\u200b the shares on concerns\u2062 demand\u200d for its devices will remain weak\u2063 in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past $45,000 for the first time since April 2022, buoyed by optimism \u2064around the possible approval 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<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How did the Islamic State organization exploit the ongoing tensions in the Middle East to claim credit for the \u200battacks?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In\u2062 one \u2063of the largest terrorist\u200b attacks to hit Iran in decades, Wednesday&#8217;s suicide explosions targeted a memorial service\u200d for an Iranian commander killed in a 2020 U.S. drone strike. The attacks came at a time when the Middle East as a whole \u2062is still \u200cin a state of\u200d tension. The Islamic State organization, ISIS, claimed credit for the attacks on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Experts who monitor the organization confirmed that the message,\u200d reportedly shared online by jihadists, originated with the extremists. These individuals most likely wanted to capitalize \u200bon the instability in the \u2062region due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict in the\u2063 Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in Kerman on Wednesday left at least 84 people\u200d dead and 284 injured. It was directed towards a memorial service \u200bfor Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, who\u2063 is revered\u200c as a national hero by theocrats in the nation and whom the U.S. military considers a dangerous enemy\u2064 who helped terrorists kill American soldiers in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The road where one bomb detonated \u2064on Thursday seemed to have patches \u2064of missing\u200b asphalt, indicating that the device had been \u200cloaded with shrapnel to maximize its \u2064lethal power. Congealed blood from \u2064the injured remained\u200d at \u2063another location.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The moment I turned around to tell my husband&#8217;s sister, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go \u200cto the square,&#8217; the bomb exploded,&#8221; said \u206338-year-old Mahdieh Sazmand from\u2062 her hospital bed. &#8220;If we were just \u200b10 steps further, we would have been right over the bomb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Islamic \u200dState organization, Omar al-Mowahed\u200d and Seif-Allah al-Mujahed were the two assailants. The report said that the men used explosive vests to carry out the attacks and disparaged Shiites, \u200cwhom \u200dthe Islamic State organization considers heretics, in their discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The accusation did not specify which regional \u2062branch of the radicals\u2063 carried \u2064out the attack,\u2063 unlike previous statements that did. However, according to Aaron Y. Zelin, a senior scholar at the\u2062 Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the most recent allegation was directly \u2062from an account connected to the group, whereas some earlier claims did not identify the regional arm.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zelin, the organization probably hoped that Iran would strike Israel, expanding its war on Hamas into a regional crisis that \u200bthe Islamic State would exploit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This falls under the modus operandi of IS, especially since it was such a mass casualty attack,&#8221; Zelin said. &#8220;They are like the \u2063Joker. \u200dThey want to see the world burn. They don&#8217;t care how it happens as long as it benefits them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A prior attack in June\u200b 2017 in Tehran on the Parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini&#8217;s mausoleum resulted in \u2062at least 18 fatalities and over 50 injuries, according to claims made by the Islamic State group. Additionally, the organization has reported two more attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist \u2063organization, which had proclaimed \u200da self-declared caliphate in 2014 and previously controlled a sizable\u2063 portion \u200cof both Iraq and\u200d Syria, was eventually driven back by forces headed\u2064 by the United States. In the years after, it has launched significant attacks, but it has been chaotic. For example, it is believed that the Islamic State group has become more powerful in\u200b neighboring Afghanistan after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government there in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion coincided with the radicals&#8217; separate appeals to followers worldwide to target Christians and Jews in order to exact revenge \u200dfor the carnage that had occurred in the Gaza Strip.\u2063 Additionally, the organization attacked Palestinian factions for forming an alliance with Iran, claiming that Tehran is only using the\u200d circumstances to project an image \u2064of support for\u2062 the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bomb explosion in Kerman, Iran, draws visitors to the site. The city, located 820 km southeast of Tehran, witnessed a devastating attack. 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