Refugees who joined the largely overlooked Fatemiyoun Brigade to battle for Shiite Islam and escape crushing poverty had become a force in Tehran’s proxy wars.
Officials lowered the death toll from the two blasts from 103 to 84, but said the count could still rise with so many people having been badly injured.
General Suleimani, the powerful commander heading Iran’s Quds Force, was considered a hero by some in the country. The anniversary of his death has attracted horrific violence.