Two explosions at Kerman ceremony marking anniversary of killing of Qassem Suleimani raise Middle East tensions further
More than 95 Iranians were killed and scores more injured in a terrorist attack at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate the assassination of a top general, further heightening tensions in the increasingly volatile Middle East.
The explosions came at a memorial ceremony in Iran marking the fourth anniversary of the killing of Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s al-Quds force, and it was not clear whether either of Suleimani’s principal regional adversaries – Israel or Islamic State – were responsible for the carnage.
Iran’s new minister of interior, the hardliner Ahmad Vahidi, did not immediately attribute blame for the attack and no side claimed responsibility for the deadliest single terrorist incident since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The US state department said it had no reason to believe Israel was involved.
An early death toll of 103 was revised down, but Iran’s health minister, Bahram Einollahi, said many of the wounded were in critical condition and the toll could rise.
There’s no evidence this was Israel. Iran has plenty of enemies in the Middle East.
Correct, there’s no evidence. However it’s not like anyone would be surprised to find out the Israelis were responsible, they’ve committed similar acts previously.
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AB0EQ/
That’s not a similar act at all. Assassinating one of the leaders of Iran’s nuclear weapons program isn’t like blowing up a bunch of random people at a march.
Well they’re both acts of war committed on Iranian soil.
One is an act of terrorism, one is a strike on a military target. That’s like comparing apples and war crimes.
You really can’t tell the difference?
They did it in Bangkok too.
Do you have a link? I guess I missed this.
I got it the wrong way round: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17026007
I’d like to point out that ISIL took responsibility.
Could be every secret agency on the world. Could be local resistance. Could be a lone wolf.
Why are you all so confident it was Israel?
Antisemitism anyone? On lemmy? No way!
I’m going to go a step further and say that the vast majority of Israelis would not agree to attacking civilians in general, and certainly not like this. This is a pretty clear attempt to “poke the bear” which is never a good idea. Even the most hawkish Israelis wouldn’t want to preemptively open another front in an already complex war.
Lol if that were the case, Netanyahu would have been gone a decade ago.
The vast majority of Israelis support the expansion of Israel which kills civiliansalso the vast majority of Israel doesn’t run Israel so it doesn’t matter.
Attackng civilians is the entire reason israel exists