Foreign Ministry Vows Action against Terrorists after Attack on Police in SE Iran


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran said it will join hands with other organizations to go after the terrorists behind a recent deadly attack on a police headquarters in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

In a statement on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the crime by separatist terrorists and mercenaries of foreign adversaries of Iran after their attack on the Rask police station led to the martyrdom of a number of police forces earlier in the day.

Offering condolences to the bereaved families of the fallen soldiers, the spokesman said the Foreign Ministry and other relevant bodies in Iran will act in concert to go after the murderous terrorists and bring them to justice.

In the early hours of Friday, gunmen of the "Jaish al-Adl" (better known in Iran as Jaish al-Dhulm) terrorist group stormed the police station in Rask, killing 11 servicemen and injuring a number of others.