Rhino: Agencies – Iranian state media reported that a suicide bomber killed the head of police intelligence in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Lengeh on Saturday.
The suicide bomber was also killed, and a police officer was wounded in the attack, which took place in front of a police headquarters in the city, media reports said.
The attack came days before the anniversary of two suicide bombings on Jan. 3 that killed nearly 100 people at a memorial in southeastern Iran for the late commander Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in Iraq in 2020 by a U.S. drone.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombings.