A pair of bombs exploded into a crowd of people today at a commemoration for Iran’s former top general in the city of Kerman, Iranian officials said. At least 103 people were reported dead and another 211 wounded.
Iran arrests 11 suspects over bomb blasts, mourners demand revenge – state TV
Mourners wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran as the president and the commander-in-chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corp both vowed on Friday to take revenge for the …
Jordan strikes Iran-linked drug dealers’ hideouts and warehouses in southern Syria -intelligence sources
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Exclusive: US intelligence confirms Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts -sources
Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources …
Iraq Condemns U.S. After Drone Strike in Baghdad
The attack, acknowledged by the Pentagon, killed a senior militant leader of an Iran-allied group with ties to the Iraqi government’s security apparatus.
Terrorism in Iran Exposes a Vulnerability It Doesn’t Want to Admit
Even after the Islamic State took responsibility for deadly bombings, Iran’s government, facing public anger, blamed Israel.
Iran suspects suicide bombers launched attack killing 84 as purported Islamic State claim circulates
Investigators believe suicide bombers likely carried out an attack on a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, state media reported Thursday, as Iran grappled with its worst mass-casualty attack in decades and as the wider Mideast remains on edge.
Biden’s Restraint Signaled Weakness to Iran—Whose Sights Are on the Red Sea | Opinion
The danger now is that an emboldened Iran takes Washington’s restraint in the Red Sea as a sign that it is free to shut down shipping at the western end of the Mediterranean as well.
China’s Xi Sends Condolences to Iran After ‘Serious Terror Attacks’
China, on the other hand, has not taken sides in the Middle East, but it has yet to condemn the Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip since their deadly incursion into Israel last October, or …
Exclusive: Iran’s oil trade with China stalls as Tehran demands higher prices
China’s oil trade with Iran has stalled as Tehran withholds shipments and demands higher prices from its top client, tightening cheap supply for the world’s biggest crude importer, refinery and trade …