Following a deadly attack on a military parade in southern Iran, the country’s foreign minister said that regional sponsors of terrorism and their “US masters” are to be held accountable for such assaults.
Top Iranian diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif vowed to respond “swiftly and decisively” after gunmen opened fire in Ahvaz on Saturday leading to multiple casualties. The minister claimed that the terrorists were sponsored and trained by “a foreign regime.”
Iran holds regional terror sponsors and their US masters accountable for such attacks.
Terrorists recruited, trained, armed & paid by a foreign regime have attacked Ahvaz. Children and journos among casualties. Iran holds regional terror sponsors and their US masters accountable for such attacks. Iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of Iranian lives. pic.twitter.com/WG1J1wgVD9
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 22, 2018
The carnage has claimed the lives of up to 24 people, Iran’s state-run Irna news agency says, adding that over 50 people were killed.
According to the outlet, the assault has been carried out by the “Patriotic Arab Democratic Movement in Ahwaz” group. “These terrorists… were trained and organised by two … Gulf countries,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said.
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On Saturday, Iran was holding parades in several cities, including the capital Tehran, commemorating the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq conflict.
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