Islamic State claims responsibility for Iran bombings which killed at least 84

At least 84 people have died (Mahdi Karbakhsh Ravari/Mehr News Agnecy/AP)

The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Thursday for two suicide bombings targeting a memorial service for an Iranian general killed in a 2020 US drone strike, the worst militant attack to strike Iran in decades as the wider Middle East remains on edge.

Experts who follow the group confirmed that the statement, circulated online among jihadists, came from the extremists, who probably hope to take advantage of the chaos gripping the region amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.