Iran Detains 32 in Connection with Deadly Terrorist Bombing: Judicial Official

The Iranian authorities have detained 32 people in connection with a deadly twin bombing that left scores dead in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman last week, a local judicial official has said. “Thirty-two people have been arrested in connection with the Kerman crime case and are now under interrogation,” Mehdi Bakhshi, Kerman’s chief prosecutor, was quoted as saying by Iran’s Fars news agency on Jan. 7. On Jan. 3, a ceremony in Kerman marking the fourth anniversary of the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, was rocked by two massive explosions. According to the latest official casualty toll, 91 people were killed in the attack—the deadliest in Iran’s modern history—and more than 280 injured....