Key takeaways:
- At least 103 people were killed and 188 injured in two bomb blasts at a commemoration event in Kerman, Iran.
- The attack is the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
- The Iranian government has yet to make a statement on the attack, however they have promised to investigate the incident and bring those responsible to justice.
At least 103 people were killed and 188 injured in two bomb blasts at a commemoration event in Kerman, Iran on Wednesday. The event was held to honor a prominent Iranian general who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.
The attack is the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, however Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to retaliate against any Israeli targeting of Palestinian officials in the region.
The attack comes as the Middle East remains on edge due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Lebanese officials, Hamas and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah have all laid blame for the strike on Israel.
Matthew Levitt, a former deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the Treasury Department and a counterterrorism adviser at the State Department, believes that Israel may have concluded that removing al-Arouri was worth the risk of retaliation from Hezbollah.
The Iranian government has yet to make a statement on the attack, however they have promised to investigate the incident and bring those responsible to justice.
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