Iran to respond ‘swiftly’, ‘decisively’ to deadly attack in Ahvaz - Zarif
By Trend
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned a recent
attack by “extremists” against a military parade in Iran’s
southwestern city of Ahvaz, stressing that Iran will “respond
swiftly and decisively”.
“Terrorists recruited, trained, armed & paid by a foreign regime
have attacked Ahvaz. Children and journalists are 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,” Zarif said in a message
posted on his Twitter account on September 22.
Several people have been killed after unknown gunmen opened fire
during a military parade in the city of Ahvaz on Saturday
morning.
Saturday's attack killed at least ten members of the IRGC and
wounded 20 people, including a woman and child, according to the
Iranian state-run IRNA news agency.
Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh, deputy governor in Khuzestan province,
said that two attackers had also been killed and another two were
arrested.
Iran’s Armed Forces staged the countrywide military parades to mark
the Sacred Defense Week on the 38th anniversary of the onset of the
Iraqi imposed war on the Islamic Republic back in 1980.
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