Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Deadly Iran Blasts
- Iran had claimed blasts were to punish it for opposing Israel
- US officials said attack had the hallmarks of terrorist group
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Islamic State claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack in Iran that killed scores of people and threatened to further inflame tensions in the Middle East.
The terrorist group was behind the blasts near the grave of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, according to a statement on the group’s Telegram channel. Tehran said at least 84 people were dead and 220 others wounded, after reducing its estimate of fatalities several times.