Iran Press- Iran news/ In the wake of terrorist attack in Ahvaz on September 22 and the martyrdom and injury of a number of compatriots such as 'Taha Eqdami', a four-year old child, the IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari sent a message to his parents on Saturday, expressing condolences on the child's martyrdom, IRNA reported.
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The message reads, Ahvaz terrorist incident and the martyrdom of a group of military personnel and the general public, especially the martyrdom of young child Mohammad Taha Eqdami, by counter-revolutionary and American-Zionist mercenaries is another shameful act of the global arrogance and fake human rights defenders who are even killing children such as Mohammed Taha and the children of Yemen, Syria, and Iraq to reach to their evil intentions and nefarious goals.
The message pointed out that the murderous attack coincided with the mourning period for Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and the start of the Holy Defense Week.
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The message further said: "Undoubtedly, his blood and the blood of other martyrs who were murdered in this brutal terror attack has made us more resolute to protect our ideals, to confront the conspiracies of the arrogance powers, and to eliminate anti-revolutionary hypocrites."
The message added: "The enemies must realize that the Revolutionary Guards will never let the blood of these dear martyrs be wasted, and we shall strike them like a devastating thunderbolt."
Earlier, speaking on the sidelines of a funeral procession for the 135 unidentified martyrs of the eight-year-imposed-war, Major General Jafari added: "We are all indebted to the martyrs. The whole nation is indebted to them. Iran's defensive capabilities, equipment and technology and the use of highly accurate missiles, which our people saw in two different stages, was obtained at the cost of the martyrs' blood."
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Also on 26 September, head of Iran's National Security Council said, foreign-backed terrorist attack in southwestern city of Ahvaz, once again revealed the double-standard approach of those countries with bogus claims on fighting terrorism. Speaking at the first meeting of security secretaries and advisers of regional states on Wednesday in Tehran, Iran’s security chief Ali Shamkhani said: “The instrumental use of terrorism backed with political and logistical support, the production and spread of deviant and Takfiri beliefs, interference in the internal affairs of other countries and occupation under the pretext of [fighting] terrorism are clear examples of such double standards.”
On Saturday 22nd September 2018, Gunmen opened fire on people from behind a viewing stand at Quds Boulevard of Ahvaz during the parade held to mark the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran which led to an eight-year war in the 1980s.
At least 25 people were martyred and more than 69 others injured during Saturday morning's terror attack in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan Province, in southwestern Iran.
Iranian forces killed three of the terrorists in a clash after the attack, and a remaining terrorist died in hospital.
Most of the casualties of Ahvaz terrorist attack were civilians.
The self-proclaimed Saudi-affiliated Al-Ahwaziyeh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack. Also on its "A'magh" website, the Daesh terrorist group (also known as ISIS) has accepted responsibility of the Ahwaz attack.
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