Twin bomb blasts killed at least 103 people in Iran on Wednesday, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike, state media reported.
At least 211 others were wounded by the blasts near the tomb of Major General Soleimani.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of the country for the attack and vowed a “harsh response.”
The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist attack” by state media and regional authorities — came amid high Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the killing of a Hamas senior leader, Saleh al-Arouri, in Lebanon on Tuesday.
Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi condemned the “heinous crime” and threatened Israel with revenge.
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