Daesh (ISIS) claims responsibility for the attack in Kerman

On Wednesday evening (January 3), a double suicide bombing took place among pilgrims during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on the road leading to the martyr's cemetery in Kerman , in the south of Iran. As a result, 84 people were martyred and 284 were injured. In this regard, the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the crime in Kerman, releasing a statement on Thursday.

members of the UN Security Council in a statement on Thursday condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on the Kerman Martyrs' Cemetery and expressed sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The released statement notes that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is one of the most serious threats to world peace and international security, and emphasizes that the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible terrorist acts must be held accountable and punished. Also in its statement, the Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), condemning the terrorist attack in Kerman, expressed sympathy, support and solidarity with the government and people of Iran. Hossein Ibrahim Taha, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in a separate statement condemned the crime in Kerman, which targeted Iranian civilians and resulted in the martyrdom and injury of a large number of Iranian citizens. At the same time, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi, on Thursday, in a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkmenistan, Sardar Berdimuhammedov, emphasized that he would decisively fight the “think tanks” that planned this terrorist crime, and all those whose dirty hands were involved in the terrorist attack. In turn, Sardar Berdimuhammedov, condemning the inhumane crime at the Martyrs' Cemetery in Kerman, expressed condolences in connection with the martyrdom of Iranian citizens on behalf of the government and people of Turkmenistan, as well as the national leader and head of the People's Liberation Council of this country to the government and people of Iran, especially families of the victims. Continuing this conversation, Raisi pointed to the failure of the Zionists to achieve their stated goals in attacking the Gaza Strip and the global protests against the criminal acts of this regime and added: “Historical experience has proven that such terrorist acts not only do not benefit the organizers and sponsors of terrorism, but all are revealing more and more the criminal essence of this regime and its supporters in the eyes of people all over the world.”