Iran denies claims about US 'alerts' before Kerman suicide attacks
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US media cited Thursday an official as claiming that Washington had specifically alerted Tehran to the threat of an attack.
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People chant slogans as they wave Iranian and Palestinian flags during the funeral ceremony of the victims of Wednesday's bomb explosion in the city of Kerman about 510 miles (820 km) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian official source denied US media reports that the United States had "alerted" Iran before the two suicide attacks that hit the Iranian city of Kerman on the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2024.
A couple of days ago, US media cited Thursday an official as claiming that Washington had specifically alerted Tehran to the threat of an attack before suicide bombings claimed by the ISIS terrorist group resulted in the martyrdom of around 90 people in southeastern Kerman were martyr Soleimani was laid to rest.
"Prior" to the attack, the "US Government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders," a US official said on condition of anonymity.
"The US Government followed a longstanding 'duty to warn' policy... We provide these warnings in part because we do not want to see innocent lives lost in terror attacks," the official claimed.
The information passed to Iran was specific enough to have helped Tehran thwart the attack or lessen the casualty toll, US media reported.
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