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Twin Bomb Blast that killed more than 100 people at an event honoring a slain

Iranian general is being called a terrorist act though so far there's been no

immediate claim of responsibility.

Mourners were gathered for an event to mark the anniversary of the killing of

General Kossum Salomoni.

We're here from NPR's Peter Kenyan.

Officials said the explosions were detonated by remote control. M. M. P. R. P. P. M. P. M. P. M. M.

Officials said the explosions were detonated by remote control as people walked along a street in the

southeastern city of Kerman. Emergency crews said many of those injured were in

critical condition, suggesting the death toll could rise.

General Sulemani himself was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in 2020, not far from the Baghdad airport.

And since his assassination,

Sulemani has been lionized by Iran's leaders

as a kind of a symbol of the country's resistance

to oppression by the West and general

and the United States in particular.

And as it happens, this isn't the first time this particular road in Kerman was the scene of casualties.

In 2020, a funeral ceremony for General Suleimani on the same road saw a stampede breakout that left 60 people dead.

NPR's Peter Kenyan. House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation of more than 60 House Republicans to the southwest border today.

MPRS Dijer Walsh reports GOP lawmakers say record levels of migration mean Biden

administration policies need to change.

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