Switzerland 'strongly' condemns bombings in Iran

GENEVA

Switzerland on Thursday condemned the recent twin bombings in Iran, which claimed at least 84 lives in the city of Kerman.

"Switzerland strongly condemns yesterday's attacks in Kerman, in Iran," the Swiss Foreign Ministry said on X. "We are appalled by high number of deaths and injured people. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families."

At least two powerful explosions ripped through the southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday, in close vicinity to the cemetery where Iran's former top military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani lies buried.

Thousands of people had gathered there to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the death of Soleimani, the former chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020.