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Tue, 07/20/2010 - 14:51
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Lebanese leaders condemn Zahedan terror attack
TEHRAN, July 20 (MNA) – In messages to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has condemned Zahedan cruel terrorist act.
he extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.
On Thursday, two bombs were detonated in quick succession in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. Twenty-seven people were killed and about 300 others were injured in the incident.
The Iranian police have arrested 40 people in connection with the twin bombing.
The Jundullah terrorist group, whose former ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi was executed at Tehran’s Evin prison on June 21, has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attacks.
In a message to Ahmadinejad, the Lebanese Socialist Progressive Party leader Valid Jonbalat also denounced the attack, calling it an “appalling crime”.
In addition, the Nasserite Movement leader and former Lebanese MP Osama Saad offered his condolences to President Ahmadinejad, saying that the U.S. and its Western allies are behind the incident.
The primary aim of such terrorist attacks are to stop Iran from supporting the Islamic resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine, and other regional states which are striving to foil the U.S. and the Zionist plots, Osama Saad added.
In his condemnation of the attack, Sheikh Afif Nabulsi, the president of the Association of Jabal Amel Ulama, also said the incident shows the "short-sightedness" of the terrorists who are being fed by the intelligence services of the United States and Israel.
Nabulsi also called for Muslims’ prudence in this regard.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa also issued a message to his Iranian counterpart, condemning the terrorist attack.
He also expressed Bahrain’s solidarity with Iran to counter such terrorist acts.
Moreover, in a message to Ahmadinejad, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim condemned the vicious terrorist act.
he extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.
On Thursday, two bombs were detonated in quick succession in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. Twenty-seven people were killed and about 300 others were injured in the incident.
The Iranian police have arrested 40 people in connection with the twin bombing.
The Jundullah terrorist group, whose former ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi was executed at Tehran’s Evin prison on June 21, has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attacks.
In a message to Ahmadinejad, the Lebanese Socialist Progressive Party leader Valid Jonbalat also denounced the attack, calling it an “appalling crime”.
In addition, the Nasserite Movement leader and former Lebanese MP Osama Saad offered his condolences to President Ahmadinejad, saying that the U.S. and its Western allies are behind the incident.
The primary aim of such terrorist attacks are to stop Iran from supporting the Islamic resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine, and other regional states which are striving to foil the U.S. and the Zionist plots, Osama Saad added.
In his condemnation of the attack, Sheikh Afif Nabulsi, the president of the Association of Jabal Amel Ulama, also said the incident shows the "short-sightedness" of the terrorists who are being fed by the intelligence services of the United States and Israel.
Nabulsi also called for Muslims’ prudence in this regard.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa also issued a message to his Iranian counterpart, condemning the terrorist attack.
He also expressed Bahrain’s solidarity with Iran to counter such terrorist acts.
Moreover, in a message to Ahmadinejad, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim condemned the vicious terrorist act.
