and the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qassem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general soleimani was a huge figure in iran, commander of the powerful revolutionary guards, responsible for arming its proxy militias in the middle east, including hezbollah in lebanon and forfunding hamas. he had a devoted following among supporters of the iranian regime. his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more than i million mourners. so who would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have two groups that have a history of doing just
since qassem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general soleimani was a huge figure in iran, commander of the powerful revolutionary guards, responsible for arming its proxy militias in the middle east, including hezbollah in lebanon and for funding hamas. he had a devoted following among supporters of the iranian regime. his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more thani million mourners. so who would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran.
gathered to mark the anniversary of the death, of a senior general who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to pay their respects to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general soleimani was a huge figure in iran, commander of the powerful revolutionary guards, responsible for arming its proxy militias in the middle east, including hezbollah in lebanon, and for funding hamas.
the grave. qasem soleimani. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the first bomb was fired by a second more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since he was killed himself. in an american drone attacks all on a visit to iraq. the general was a huge field gear in iran qasem soleimani, responsible for arming its proxy militias in the middle east including his brother in lebanon and forfunding middle east including his brother in
the uk defence secretary grant shapps has threatened direct action against the houthi rebels if the attacks continue. here s our international correspondentjoe inwood. now, this was one of the opening and certainly most dramatic salvoes in the houthis recent attacks on international shipping. they released this footage showing their fighters landing they released this footage on the deck of the galaxy leader, a japanese operated cargo ship in the red sea. now, the houthis have been involved in yemen s long and bloody civil war, and are backed by iran. because iran needed a lot of proxies including hamas, including hezbollah, including other proxy militias across the arab region, they ve reached out to the houthis, they empowered them through the previous wars and now of course they are backing them with military expertise, with some weaponry, and also with political cover in the region. now, as well as capturing the galaxy leader, the houthis have launched more than 100 attacks on o