- January 3, 2024
20 killed in blasts near grave of slain Iran general – Times of India
NEW DELHI: At least 20 people have been killed in explosions near assassinated commander Qassem Soleimani‘s cemetery in the southern city of Iran‘s Kerman, reported Iranian state media.
The explosions occurred during the ceremony held to mark the killing of Iran’s top commander in a US drone attack at Baghdad airport in 2020. The diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran had touched a new low after Solemani’s killing.
The United States assassinated Solemani in 2020 on former president Donald Trump’s orders.
The targeting strike was in response to his alleged role in killing “millions of people,” including attacks against American personnel in the region, Trump had said, justifying Soleimani’s elimination.
The Iranian commander, Major General Qasem Suleimani, who led the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was blown to bits along with some of his Iraqi allies by missiles fired from an American MQ-9 Reaper drone as they were driving across the tarmac of Baghdad airport after arriving from Damascus, Syria, where Iran is backing the Russia-supported Bashar-al Assad regime.
(With agencies input)
The explosions occurred during the ceremony held to mark the killing of Iran’s top commander in a US drone attack at Baghdad airport in 2020. The diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran had touched a new low after Solemani’s killing.
The United States assassinated Solemani in 2020 on former president Donald Trump’s orders.
The targeting strike was in response to his alleged role in killing “millions of people,” including attacks against American personnel in the region, Trump had said, justifying Soleimani’s elimination.
The Iranian commander, Major General Qasem Suleimani, who led the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was blown to bits along with some of his Iraqi allies by missiles fired from an American MQ-9 Reaper drone as they were driving across the tarmac of Baghdad airport after arriving from Damascus, Syria, where Iran is backing the Russia-supported Bashar-al Assad regime.
(With agencies input)
