Reports of between two and four explosions at ceremony marking fourth anniversary of killing of top general Qassem Suleimani

Two explosions have killed at least 103 people and injured scores more at a memorial ceremony in Iran marking the fourth anniversary of the US killing of Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s al-Quds force and one of the most powerful men in the Middle East.

A senior official called the blasts a terrorist attack, without elaborating on who could be behind them. No one has immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

According to IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, the first explosion in the south-central city of Kerman occurred 700 metres from Suleimani’s burial place and the second 1km from it.

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    Everything is the fault of the US (or “west” if we’re playing that game today) from the beginning to the end of time. When they’ve already decided what the answer is, all that’s left is to force the facts to fit the narrative.

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      10 months ago

      The brain wash is amazing. The terrorists straight up torture and murder people and people have the balls to justify it - “they were forced to do it”. That’s some next level delusion.

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        Israel tortures and murders far more than Hamas ever has. It’s not even remotely close.

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          Nah. You’re bringing out a math book or something? I’m an utilitarian and I agree Israel is piece of shit that should have never been brought into existence but Hamas and the whole martyrdom ideology is far FAAAR worse.

          It’s one of the worst things on the planet. Objectively. No other culture is ok with dying to hurt random CIVILIANS. No other.

          Just this fact alone should be enough to extinguish Hamas from the existence. Imagine what will happen when we are powerful society to the point where a few individuals can inflict massive damage (AI). Do we still allow religious martyrdom? How long do you think our society will last?

          People are so fucking lost in this thread.

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            Just to get it out of the way fuck Hamas.

            If no one else it’s OK with it, where did all of the dead children in Gaza come from?

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        If we were anywhere near as bad as they pretend, they’d be exporting radioactive glass instead of bullshit and finger-pointing.