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On January 3, local time, a series of explosions occurred in Iran. At least 73 people have been killed and 170 injured so far, according to a spokesman for Iran's National Medical Emergency Center. (Latest news: The death toll rises to 103.) ）
Source: Global Times
Two explosions in Iran Local official: It was a terrorist attack
According to CCTV News, on January 3, local time, a series of explosions occurred in Kerman City, Iran, both of which occurred on the road to the mausoleum of Soleimani, a senior general of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with an interval of less than ten minutes.
Iran's deputy governor of Kerman province said the two explosions in Kerman City were terrorist attacks.
Today (January 3) marks the fourth anniversary of Soleimani's death in a U.S. attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran has held commemorative activities in many places across the country, including the capital Tehran and Soleimani's hometown of Kerman.
The explosions were all on the road leading to Soleimani's mausoleum
According to the reference news network, on January 3, 2020, the U.S. military airraided the international airport in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and the commander of the "Quds Force" under the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Soleimani, and the deputy commander of the Iraqi Shiite militia "Popular Mobilization Organization", Abu Mahdi Muhandis, and others were killed.
According to public information, Qasim Soleimani is the former commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, mainly responsible for reviewing Iran's training and support for all anti-Israel forces, and controlling the delivery of military supplies to Syria, integrating military, diplomatic, intelligence and other powers.
Source: Global Times
He has commanded the anti-American war in Iraq and is suspected of sending people to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, and his actions have shaped the situation in the Middle East, and he is known as Iran's spy king. In the eyes of the Western media, Soleimani was the most influential field commander and military strategist in the Middle East. As a result of his operations, the influence of Iranian Shiite Muslims in the Middle East has increased considerably.
Source: Comprehensive CCTV news, reference news