3 January 2024 at 13:55 At least 73 dead after explosion in Iran The state news agency IRNA quotes Iranian authorities as saying that at least 73 people have been killed and 170 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman, where the former leader of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite force is buried. Qassam Soleimani, the former head of the Revolutionary Guards’ elite force, was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq on January 3, 2020. A memorial ceremony was held for him in Kerman on Wednesday. Iranian media reports that there have been two explosions at short intervals during the ceremony.
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