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Thirty-five people have been arrested in relation to the 3 January attacks in the southeastern city of Kerman which killed 94 people, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry said today according to semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Reuters reported the ministry saying it has so far identified one of the two suicide bombers as a national of Tajikistan who entered Iran illegally on 19 December.
Two explosions struck a ceremony to commemorate top Revolutionary Guards Commander, Qassem Soleimani, on the anniversary of his death in a US drone attack.
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps described the attacks as a cowardly act “aimed at creating insecurity and seeking revenge against the nation’s deep love and devotion to the Islamic Republic”.