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       By Justin Porter

       Jan. 4, 2024

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       A photo released by Iran’s state-run news media on Wednesday of the site of the explosions in Kerman. Credit...Sare Tajalli/ISNA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

       The Islamic State said it was behind the Iran bombing The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bombing attack that killed at least 84 people in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday, according to a post on the extremist group’s official Telegram account.

       The group called the attack a “dual martyrdom operation,” and described how two militants had detonated explosive belts strapped to their bodies during a commemoration ceremony at the tomb of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. The general, a widely revered and feared Iranian military leader, was assassinated four years ago in a U.S. drone attack.

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