Confusion, speculation in Iran after twin blasts kill more than 80 people
Al Jazeera
Iranians mark day of mourning after bombings kill at least 84 people, leave more than 280 wounded.
Iranians have been marking a day of mourning after twin bombings in the city of Kerman killed and wounded many people at a memorial for top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani four years since his assassination, raising tensions in the region.
At least 84 people were killed in the blasts, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Thursday, according to state news agency IRNA.
An earlier death toll of 103 was twice revised down after officials realised some names had been repeated on the victims’ list, and because bodies had been dismembered and counted “several times”, said Jafar Miadfar, the head of Iran’s emergency services.
More than 280 people were wounded in Wednesday’s attacks, with 195 still in hospital.
There has been no claim of responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution.
