FM strongly condemns Karbala suicide bomb blast
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 14, IRNA
Iran-Iraq-Bomb blast
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini here on Saturday strongly condemned the suicide bomb blast in Karbala which claimed lives of many innocent civilians and pilgrims and wounded dozens on Saturday morning.
According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hosseini termed the criminal act as being against divine and human values.
Voicing sympathy with the Iraqi nation and its government, he underlined that targeting pilgrims and innocent civilians in the holy shrine in Karbala is considered as a dubious and shameful act.
"There is no doubt that such a crime has been masterminded by mercenaries and aliens who are involved in making rifts among Iraqi people by targeting their unity and Islamic sanctities," he said.
He called on the Iraqi nation to exercise vigilance and solidarity in order to forge national reconciliation and help drive foreign occupiers from their country, he said.
At least 56 pilgrims of holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) were martyred and scores of others injured when a suicide bomber exploded a bus at Karbala central station on Saturday.
Director General of Karbala's Health Department Salim Kadhim said that those injured in the blast included 115 men and 43 women.
"Given that some of the wounded are in a critical condition, the number of martyrs are likely to increase," he told IRNA.
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