The Iranian administration announced Thursday, the day of national mourning, while Kerman province declared three days of mourning, IRNA News agency reports.
The Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy of Iran’s parliament plans to dispatch a delegation to Kerman to inspect different aspects of the terrorist act.
A police spokesperson also declared that three police officers were killed while they were trying to assist people who were targetted in Kerman explosions. Some other news sources reported on social media that four police officers were killed in the attack.
Two explosions came on the day people were holding a memorial service for General Qassem Soleimani, the late IRGC commander who was assassinated in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 3, 2020. Martyr Soleimani, who is originally from Iran’s Kerman province, was buried in the Martyrs Cemetery of the provincial capital.