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Nearly a hundred killed in blasts near Iran general's tomb
The attack happened near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the US
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be a harsh response to the bombing. There were no immediate claims from any groups for what is believed to have been the deadliest such attack in Iran in 42 years.
Also on the programme we speak to Glynn Simmons, a man who spent over 48 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. It is the longest known wrongful sentence in the US; and we hear from the town of Wajima, the epicentre of Monday's earthquake in Japan.
(Picture: Medics tend to the wounded in the city of Kerman in Southern Iran. Credit: Anadulu)
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