There has been a horrifying terrorist bombing in Kerman, Iran, at a memorial service at the grave site of slain Iranian General Soleimani. Two FOUR bombs, in suitcases, were remote-detonated in the crowd. At least 103 people are dead and another 141 injured. Israel is implicated.
Iranian news agencies reported that two explosions occurred in close succession during a ceremony where crowds had gathered to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Soleimani’s killing. He was killed while visiting Baghdad, Iraq, by a CIA drone strike, on orders from then-US President, Donald Trump.
The large crowd at the memorial ceremony were sitting ducks:
Innocent victims hit by shrapnel, lay bloodied and dying on the ground.
Body parts were scattered through the crowd.
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#BREAKING At least 20 Iranian people have been killed and several others injured after two explosions hit areas close to the cemetery where former IRGC-QF Chief Qassem Soleimani is buried, Iran’s state TV reported.
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) January 3, 2024
A provincial security official says it’s not yet clear if it was… https://t.co/HNRX88YZ6C pic.twitter.com/A6MiSTvMAn
WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO
*🚨WARNING, GRAPHIC VIDEO🚨*
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) January 3, 2024
Videos shared by Iran's state media show the victims of the "terrorist attack" at the burial site of Qassem Soleimani.
The IRGC's Tasnim News says two "bomb-laden suitcases" were blown up apparently using remote control at the entrance of cemetery. https://t.co/NK8oE43n5U pic.twitter.com/iQyktQbMnM
WHO DID IT?
There are several groups which are capable of this type of attack.
Kurd separatists based in Iraq have this ability and the willingness to perpetrate an attack of this type, but the timing is wrong given the ongoing hostilities in Gaza.
If it turns out to be Kurd Separatists in Iraq, the initial intelligence assessment is that Iran and the PMF would launch a massive offensive against them.
The MEK terrorist group also has the ability and willingness to carry out such an attack. If it was MEK, Intelligence assessments conclude that Iran will kidnap huge numbers of Albanians and French people in the Middle East region in order to force those countries to hand over MEK leaders since they are only countries to host them.
Another possibility is Balochistan terrorists from the southwest province of Balochistan, inside Pakistan. Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area, but is the least populated one.
The final suspect is Israel, for all the reasons that everyone already knows. Israel has the technical ability, the access, and the willingness to carry out literal terrorist attacks, given their history of using bombings like the one carried-out at the King David Hotel to form their very country.
Investigators on the scene have already determined the two devices were detonated via remote. This is a highly sophisticated detonation system, which, by its very nature, implicates the Israeli Mossad or the IDF.
If blame is officially laid on Israel, war will likely be the outcome.
UPDATE 10:10 AM EST --
Now confirmed that it was not TWO bombs, but rather FOUR separate bombs that went off. The first bomb detonated and as crowds fled, a second was then detonated to hit those fleeing. Then a third and fourth were also detonated to intentionally hit the fleeing crowds.
Red Crescent reports 3 of its paramedics are amongst the dead from the explosions.
Iran's IRGC has claimed that Yossi Cohen, the former head of Mossad, posted online a statement which indirectly references today's explosions in Kerman: “A cold and dry winter is ahead for Iran”
This can be interpreted as the IRGC implicating Mossad being behind the explosions.
I have been unable to confirm this information nor find this post anywhere. I am reporting on it as any allegations on the narrative are important.
. . . And Here it Comes . . .
Hossein Jalali, an Iranian MP from Kerman province, says "Israel is definitely one of the perpetrators" of the twin blasts at Soleimani's burial site in Kerman.
Media outlets in the Middle East are starting to run with this narrative . . .
