Dubai, Jan 3: Explosions at an event honouring a prominent Iranian general slain in a US airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded 170 others, state-run media in Iran reported on Wednesday.

One official called them a “terroristic” attack. Iran Blast: Massive Explosion Rocks Hydrocarbon Refinery in Birjand Special Economic Zone, No Casualties Reported (Watch Video).

Babak Yektaparast, a spokesman for Iran's emergency service, gave the casualty figure to state media. Iran Blast Video: 'Unsuccessful' Drone Attack Caused Explosion at Military Facility in Isfahan, Say Reports.

The blasts struck an event marking the the fourth anniversary of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, who died in a US drone strike in Iraq in January 2020.

The explosions occurred near his grave site in Kerman, about 820 kilometres southeast of the capital, Tehran.

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