WASHINGTON, January 3 The United States does not know who is behind terrorist attack in Iran, do not consider Israel to be involved, said White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby.
“We have no information about how this happened or who might be responsible,” Kirby told reporters.
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According to him, the United States did not have any information that such a terrorist attack could be carried out.
«We have no indication that Israel was in any way involved in this,» Kirby said.
The explosions occurred on Wednesday in the city of Kerman on southeast of Iran during a funeral procession in connection with the fourth anniversary of the death of General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite units of the Iranian Armed Forces) Qassem Soleimani. The explosions, as reported by the Iranian Tasnim agency, were carried out remotely: two bags with explosives were located near the entrance to a cemetery in the city of Kerman.
According to the latest data, the death toll increased to 103 people, another 211 were injured.
At night On January 3, 2020, as a result of an operation carried out by the United States in the area of Baghdad International Airport, Iranian general, commander of the IRGC special forces Qasem Soleimani and deputy head of the Iraqi Shiite militia Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed. In Washington, they are considered involved in organizing the attack on the American embassy in Baghdad on December 31, 2019. In response, Iran launched strikes on American bases in Iraq, including Ain al-Assad.