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Jan 2024
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Islamic State claims Iran blasts; militi...

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Islamic State, a Sunni jihadist terrorist group that once controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for an attack in Iran on Wednesday that killed at least 84 people.

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