Many suspected that Israel was behind the attack that killed at least 84 people in southern Iran on Wednesday. But today, ISIS said two of its members detonated the powerful bombs. The World’s Shirin Jaafari explains that the attack came on the death anniversary of Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani, who fiercely opposed ISIS.
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