Two bomb blasts at a commemoration event in Kerman, Iran on Wednesday have killed at least 103 people and injured 188. The attack is the deadliest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has been blamed on Israel by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Iranian officials have promised to investigate the incident and bring those responsible to justice.
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At least 103 people were killed and 141 injured in two explosions that rocked a memorial event for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran on Wednesday. The blasts occurred minutes apart at the Kerman Martyrs Cemetery, with no group yet claiming responsibility. Iranian state media called the attack “terroristic”, though Israel has carried out targeted assassinations in Iran in the past.