Iran mourns those killed in suicide blasts as death toll rises to 89

The death toll has climbed to 89 (AP)

Iran is mourning those killed in a suicide bombing targeting a commemoration for a general who died in a US drone strike, as the death toll in the attack rose to at least 89.

Despite the so-called Islamic State (IS) claiming responsibility for the attack, the wider tensions shaking the Middle East during Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip became intertwined with the funeral in the usually peaceful city of Kerman, about 510 miles south-east of the capital, Tehran.