Iran Press/Iran news- Leader of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed his condolences following the terrorist attack on Saturday morning on a military parade in the city of Ahwaz which claimed more than a dozen lives, saying US-backed regimes in this region are plotting to create insecurity inside Iran.
The following is the full text of the message according to IRNA:
In the Name of God, the Exalted
The tragic and heartrending incident of the martyrdom of a group of our dear people in Ahvaz at the hands of the mercenary terrorists has once again exposed the atrocity and viciousness of the enemies of the Iranian nation. These hardhearted mercenaries who open fire on innocent women, children and men are the dependants of the same bogus and duplicitous advocates of human rights. Their spiteful hearts cannot bear to see the manifestation of national sovereignty during Armed Forces parade. Their crime is continuation of the conspiracies of the US-backed regimes in the region which want to create insecurity in our dear country. However, to their dismay, the Iranian nation will persist on the noble and proud path they have taken and will overcome all animosities, as they have done in the past.I hereby express my solidarity and sympathy with the families of these dear martyrs and I ask God for patience and divine calm for them as well as the elevation of the heavenly ranks of the martyrs. The intelligence organizations must swiftly and meticulously track and prosecute the purveyors of these criminals and hand them over to the powerful judiciary for prosecution.
Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Gunmen opened fire on people from behind a viewing stand during a Saturday morning parade in Ahwaz, a city in southwestern Iran. 15 deaths have been officially confirmed. Dozens more were injured.
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