TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – The situation in the city of Kerman is normal and everything is under the control of the security and police forces, Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in reaction to the terrorist explosion in Iran's city of Kerman.

This terrorist act will meet with an authoritative and harsh response from the security and military apparatuses in the shortest possible time, Vahidi noted.

"People should not worry, our police and security forces are alert," Vahidi said, adding that the enemies mistakenly think that they can undermine the determination of the Iranian nation with cowardly actions and blind support.

Hundreds of people have been killed and injured in two terrorist blasts near the burial site of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani in the city of Kerman during a ceremony marking his fourth martyrdom anniversary.

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