Death toll from dawn blasts in Iraq capital jumps to 91, Iran Denounces Bombings

The death toll from two bombings in a neighborhood in Baghdad at dawn Sunday jumps to 91, Iraqi security and health officials say.

They said 86 people were killed and at least 200 others wounded when a car bomb went off at a busy commercial street in Baghdad’s neighborhood of Karrada. A police official was quoted as saying that the dead included 15 children, 10 women and six policemen.

Footage posted on social media showed a large blaze in the main street of Karrada.

 The second explosion occurred at an outdoor market in the Shaab neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad, leaving five dead and wounding five others.

In a twitter post, the Daesh terror group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Iran vows to stand by Iraq in fight against terrorists

Iranian Foreign Ministry has denounced the latest deadly bombings in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, saying the Islamic Republic will support Iraq in its fight against terrorists until their final defeat.

 “The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by the Iraqi government and nation until the complete defeat of terrorists,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Sunday.

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