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Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran

The Islamic State announcement dovetailed with American intelligence assessments indicating that the attack was most likely the work of the group.
A photo released by Iran’s state-run news media on Wednesday of the site of the explosions in the city of Kerman.Credit...Sare Tajalli/ISNA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A photo released by Iran’s state-run news media on Wednesday of the site of the explosions in the city of Kerman.Credit...Sare Tajalli/ISNA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for the bombing attack that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran, a day before, during a memorial procession for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, according to a post on the extremist group’s official Telegram account.

The extremist group called the attack a “dual martyrdom operation,” and described how two militants approached a ceremony at the tomb of General Suleimani and detonated explosive belts strapped to their bodies “near the grave of the hypocrite leader.”

The general, a widely revered and feared Iranian military officer who was the architect of an Iranian-led and -funded alliance of Shiite groups across the Middle East, was assassinated four years ago in an American drone attack.

The Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim organization, considers its mission to kill apostate Muslims, including Shiites. Iran, a majority-Shiite country, is led by a theocratic government in which Shiite clerics are in charge.

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Author: Vivian Yee, Hwaida Saad and Eric Schmitt

Source: N.Y Times

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