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The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for the bombing attack that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran, a day before, during a memorial procession for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, according to a post on the extremist group’s official Telegram account.
The extremist group called the attack a “dual martyrdom operation,” and described how two militants approached a ceremony at the tomb of General Suleimani and detonated explosive belts strapped to their bodies “near the grave of the hypocrite leader.”
The general, a widely revered and feared Iranian military officer who was the architect of an Iranian-led and -funded alliance of Shiite groups across the Middle East, was assassinated four years ago in an American drone attack.
The Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim organization, considers its mission to kill apostate Muslims, including Shiites. Iran, a majority-Shiite country, is led by a theocratic government in which Shiite clerics are in charge.
This makes no sense. I’m not denying that IS did it, but just from an objective outsider, I can’t make sense of it.
Yes, Sunnis and Shiites don’t get along. IS particularly hates Shiites. However, I would expect they would be temporarily united with Shiite Iran against a common enemy - Israel.
Yep that would be a good enough reason to.
You’re trying to use reason. You can’t do that with hate, because it’s not reasonable.
True enough.
Really? Cause it looks like OP’s reply provided a lot of reason.
Yeah isil is weird, they actually don’t seem to hate Israel that much, going as far as to collaborate with them militarily.