The twin blasts that targeted large crowds participating in an event marking the fourth anniversary of the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani have been described by leaders of Iran as a terror attack.
India on Thursday expressed shock over two twin blasts in the Iranian City of Kerman that ended up killing more than 80 people and injuring hundreds more and conveyed solidarity to the government and people of Iran.
The twin blasts ended up targeting large crowds of people who were participating in an event that marks the fourth anniversary of the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. The blasts have been described by Iranian authorities as terror attacks. However, no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, which has caused confusion and speculation in Iran.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on X: “We are shocked and saddened by the terrible bombings in the Kerman City of Iran,”
“At this difficult time, we express our solidarity with the government and people of Iran. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and with the wounded,” he added.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has promised a harsh response to the bombings that ended up killing 84 people and injured more than 300 people. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council decided to meet on Thursday to discuss the process of finding and punishing the perpetrators of the attacks, the state media reported.
Amid the speculation that Arab separatist groups or the Islamic State may have been behind the terror attack, which has been described as the deadliest since 1979, Hammas said these attacks are aimed at disrupting the security and stability in Iran and serve the “sinister plans of the Zionist enemy.”
