Iran's Revolutionary Guard and First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber vow revenge on Thursday the explosions that killed nearly 100 people at a ceremony commemorating the commander-in-chief Qassem Soleimaniwho was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in 2020.
“In the hands of Soleimani's soldiers, they will face a very strong retribution.Mokhber told reporters at a hospital where some of the wounded were being treated for the bloodiest attack since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
No one claimed responsibility for the explosions..
This was said by a senior official in the administration of US President Joe Biden The explosions appeared to represent “a terrorist attack” like those carried out by U.S. militants in the past Islamic State.
Iran vows revenge after attack on Soleimani rally: biggest attack since 1979 revolution
It is a statement Iran's powerful Guard described Wednesday's attack as a cowardly act “aimed at creating insecurity and taking revenge on the country's deep love and devotion to the Islamic Republic.”.
The mighty guards said so too The attack “reaffirms the determination to punish the perpetrators decisively and fairly”.
The commander of the Guard in the southeastern city of Kerman on Thursday denied state media reports of a shooting in Kerman.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned the “cruel and inhumane crime”and the highest authority of IranSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised revenge for the attacks.
First responders from the Iranian Red Crescent tended to the wounded at the ceremony Hundreds of Iranians gathered to commemorate the anniversary of Soleimani's death.
Some Iranian news agencies said the number of injured was much higher.
Tehran often accuses its arch-enemies of Israel And USAto support anti-Iranian militant groups.
In 2022 The Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Shiite shrine in Iran that killed 15 people.
Previous attacks claimed by the group include two in 2017 against Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Baloch militants and ethnic Arab separatists have also carried out attacks in Iran.
The US assassination of Soleimani on January 3, 2020 in a drone strike on Baghdad airport, and Tehran's retaliation -Attack on two Iraqi military bases where US troops are stationed- brought the United States and Iran closer to full-scale conflict.
As commander-in-chief of the elite Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Soleimani led covert operations abroad and was a key figure in Iran's long campaign to expel U.S. forces from the Middle East..
Tensions between Iran and Israel and their ally the United States have reached new heights following Israel's war against Iran-backed Hamas militants in Gaza.in retaliation for their attack on southern Israel on October 7th.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia has attacked ships they say have ties to Israel at the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
U.S. forces came under attack in Iraq and Syria by militants backed by Iran because of Washington's support for Israel and carried out retaliatory air strikes of their own.