According to Al Jazeera, reports showed that the explosion occurred in the side where males were praying.

[2] Iranian officials first stated that the blast was not a terrorist attack, but caused by leftover munitions that were on display in the mosque as part of an exhibition commemorating Iran's 1980–1988 war against Iraq.

[3] However, in May, Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said the blast was an act of terrorism and 12 terrorists had been arrested before attacking the Russian Consulate and religious centers in Qom.

[4] Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei accused United States and Britain of involvement in the bombing and attempted to press charges against the two countries.

[8] Another defendant, German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, was convicted of involvement in the bombing in 2023 and hanged in October 2024.