US Claims Warning to Iran Preceded Islamic State‘s Twin Bombings – WASHINGTON the United States said Thursday it specifically warned Iran of the possibility of an attack before attacks were reported to be carried out by The Islamic State group that killed around 90 people in the southeastern region of Kerman.
The two blasts that occurred on January 3 shook crowds at a memorial service near the grave of Qasem Soleimani, who was a high-ranking Revolutionary Guards general killed in the course of a US drone strike inside Iraq in the year 2020.
“Prior” to the Islamic State (IS) attack”Prior” to the Islamic State (IS) attack, “Prior” to the Islamic State (IS) attack “US Government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders,” a US official told the BBC under the condition of anonymity.
“The US Government followed a longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy… We provide these warnings in part because we do not want to see innocent lives lost in terror attacks,” the official stated.
The information provided to Iran was precise enough to aid Tehran to stop the attack or reduce the death toll, US media reported.
Soleimani, who was the head of the Guards Foreign Operations arm, known as the Quds Force, was an unwavering opponent of IS IS. This Islamic State-linked Sunni extremist group has been responsible for previous attacks on Shiite majority Iran.
The jihadist group later stated that two members of the group had used explosive belts to attack “a large gathering of apostates, near the grave of their leader.”
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Admired by numerous Iranians, Soleimani directed Iranian military operations throughout the Middle East, and millions attended his funeral in 2020.
The United States, which cut official diplomatic ties with Tehran in 1980 following the Islamic revolution, has accused Iran of assisting Hamas, the Palestinian Hamas militant group Hamas and the Yemeni Huthi rebels Lebanese Hezbollah and other armed organizations in Iraq.
