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Pictures: Traditional ceremony in Iran’s Meymand to give thanks for blessings, rainfall and unity

The annual “Digjush” ceremony, a 250-year-old tradition held in Gonak village of Meymand, in Iran's Kerman province, was celebrated this year on Friday, November 8, 2024 as a sign of appreciation following the first rainfall in the region.

Death toll from floods in southern Iran rises to 15, including 7 children

The death toll from the flooding of the Halilrud River in southeastern Iranian city of Jiroft has risen to 15, with seven children among the victims.

6 popular traditional breads of Iran’s Kerman Province listed as a heritage

The diversity of traditional breads in Iran’s Kerman Province is very high. These breads are so attractive and pleasant and they include Tiri, Zarandi Kopoo, Kermani Taftan, Sirjan fatty and sweet bread, Kornoon bread of Shahrbabak and Anar, Kerman boiled oil and Baft cookie bread. All these have been listed as intangible heritage of the region.

Man killing 12 family members in southeast Iran shot dead by police

A 30-year-old man who had killed 12 of his family members in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman has been gunned down in a police operation intended to apprehend him.

Iranian Judiciary: 35 arrested so far over Kerman deadly bombings 

Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Masoud Setayeshi says authorities have so far arrested 35 people in connected with the January twin bombings that killed dozens in the southern Iranian city of Kerman.

Iran says manhunt for Kerman terror attack elements expanded abroad, 35 nabbed

Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced that 35 individuals have been captured across the country in connection with the terrorist attack in the southern city of Kerman. It also added the manhunt has expanded to foreign countries for the remaining elements.

Iran: Kerman terror attack caused by those using terrorism as tool for their objectives

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has stated that the culprits behind the recent deadly bomb attacks in the city of Kerman use terrorism as a tool to achieve their own goals.

Iranian news website blasts ex-president Ahmadinejad for ‘remaining tight-lipped’ over recent terror attack

An Iranian news website has, in an opinion piece, lashed out at former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what it described as remaining disgracefully silent in the face of the recent terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman.

Iran says entire terrorist team involved in Kerman terror attack arrested

All terrorists involved in the recent terror attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman have been detained, the city's prosecutor Mehdi Bakhshi has announced.

French FM condemns Kerman deadly blasts

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has condemned the recent terrorist attack in Kerman, during a telephone conversation with her Iranian counterpart.

Official: 22 students among those killed in Kerman terrorist attack

The director general of the Education Department of Iran’s Kerman Province said 22 students were among the people killed by the Wednesday terrorist attack in the city of Kerman.

Iranian daily warns of ‘proxy’ tensions in Iran

An Iranian newspaper has raised the possibility that the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan might be linked to the recent terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman which left scores of people dead and hundreds more wounded.

Iran says detained several terrorists involved in Kerman terror attacks

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has announced the arrest of 11 individuals suspected of involvement in the recent deadly bomb attacks in the southeastern city of Kerman.

Number of fatalities in Kerman twin terrorist blasts rises to 91

The number of the dead in the Wednesday terrorist blasts in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman has risen to 91 as two more people succumbed to their injuries.

Tasnim: Israel was behind Kerman terror attack 

Iran’s Tasnim news agency runs an editorial, denying claims that Israel was not behind Wednesday’s deadly terrorist attack in the Iranian city of Kerman. 

Iran president visits survivors of Kerman terror incident 

The Iranian president has visited those wounded in the twin terror bombings in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman on Wednesday.

Iran calls for regional cooperation in fighting terrorism, following deadly incident in Kerman

The Iranian foreign minister emphasized the necessity of cooperation among regional countries to combat and eradicate the ominous phenomenon of terrorism.

Tehran’s Milad Tower dims lights in remembrance of Kerman terror attack victims

In order to pay tribute to over 80 people who lost their lives during a tragic terrorist incident in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman, the iconic Milad Tower in the Iranian capital Tehran dimed its lights on Thursday night.

Iran’s president: Israel trying to spread insecurity, instability to other parts of region

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that Israel desperately seeks to spread insecurity and instability to other parts of the region due to the failure to achieve its goals in the Gaza war.

Kerman blasts reveal brutal nature of enemies of Islam: Iran’s Army

The Iranian Army, in a statement, censured the twin explosions in the southeastern city of Kerman which killed dozens of innocent civilians, including women and children.

IRGC says recent terror attack failed effort to induce insecurity, instability in Iran

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that the recent "indiscriminate and spiteful" terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman was a failed attempt to induce insecurity and instability in the country.

People in Iran’s capital hold gathering to condemn Kerman terrorist act

People in the Iranian capital Tehran gathered in the early hours of Thursday to condemn terrorist blasts a day earlier in the southeastern city of Kerman that claimed scores of lives.

Interior minister: Terrorists should be afraid of Iranian nation’s wrath

Iran’s interior minister has sought to assure that perpetrators of terrorist attacks in southeastern Iranian city of Kerman on Wednesday which left dozens killed and scores more injured will be caught by the country’s security forces and brought to justice, adding the “terrorists and their supporters should be afraid of the Iranian people’s anger.”

US says had no role in Iran terror attack

The US State Department has insisted that Washington played no role in the twin bombings that killed nearly 100 people in Iran on Wednesday or in the drone strike that took out a Hamas leader in Lebanon on Tuesday.

Iran UN envoy: Tehran to use all available mechanisms to ensure accountability for Kerman bombings

Iran's UN envoy has stressed the country will use all available mechanisms to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of fatal terror attacks that targeted the southwestern Iranian city of Kerman.

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