- Iran accuses Israel and the US of an attack that left 95 dead near General Soleimani’s tomb
- Iran: at least 95 dead in double explosion near the tomb of General Qasem Soleimani
This Thursday the 4th the terrorist group Islamic Stateclaimed responsibility for the lethal double attack recorded a day earlier in Iran during the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the general Qasem Soleimani.
LOOK: Islamic State claims double suicide attack that left more than 80 dead in southern Iran
Initially, the Islamic republic had blamed the United States and Israel for the attack that left 84 dead and 284 wounded. However, both governments denied any responsibility hours before extremists claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Islamic State said in a statement released through an associated Telegram channel that it had carried out the attack so that “the polytheists know that the jihadists are behind them and their projects.”
The attack, considered the country’s deadliest since 1979, reminds us that despite the announcement in 2019 by then-US President Donald Trump that the terrorist group had been eliminated, it has continued to operate on a smaller scale in both the Middle East, Africa and Asia. , where it has cells affiliated with its radical ideology.
In the following infographic prepared by El Comercio review the latest attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State during 2023.
