Mystery in Iran: Four years ago, the U.S. military killed Iran’s former top military brass, Qassem Soleimani, via drone strike. At a ceremony held yesterday to honor him, 103 people were killed and 211 were wounded by the explosion of at least two bombs.
“While Iran was quick to blame Israel, European and American officials said they doubted that the Israelis conducted the strike,” reported The New York Times. “Most of their actions against Iran have been highly targeted, from taking out the chief architect of Iran’s nuclear program to blowing up specific nuclear and missile facilities.” Experts on these types of attacks say the bombs look like they came from a terrorist group, but their provenance is still unclear.
Iran has, up until this point, not been explicitly involved in the fighting going on in the Middle East, though Iran does back Hezbollah, which has been firing at Israel from Lebanon, and the Yemeni Houthis, which have been attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea. Now, with a mystery attack on Iranian soil, it’s possible involvement will become more direct and that the situation in the Middle East will heat up. |