Strong global condemnations pour in
Shiraz terror attack takes another life
The death toll from Sunday’s terrorist attack on Shah Cheragh Shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz has risen to two, as a man who was critically injured during the attack has succumbed to his gunshot wounds.
Chief Justice of Fars Province Kazem Mousavi said on Monday that the man, who was in critical condition, passed away earlier in the day, according to Press TV.
On Sunday night, a terrorist went on a shooting spree in the holy shrine in Shiraz, killing one and injuring 10 people.
Early on Monday morning, Mousavi said several suspects linked to the incident had been arrested, adding that they are all of foreign origins.
He added that the main terrorist, who started shooting at people in the shrine and was immediately arrested, has been handed over to investigators for further interrogation.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi on Sunday ordered Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi and Governor of Fars Province Mohammad Hadi Imaniyeh to swiftly identify and punish the perpetrators of the terrorist attack.
World continues to condemn
Reacting to the terrorist act on Monday, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres strongly condemned the Sunday attack on the holy site, which was the second of its kind in the last 10 months, his spokesman told reporters.
“Acts targeting religious sites, [and] places of worship are abhorrent,” Stéphane Dujarric
said.
The UN chief emphasized that the perpetrators of the criminal act against civilians, who were exercising their right to practice their religion freely, should be brought to justice.
According to the spokesman, Guterres conveyed his “deepest” condolences to the bereaved families and the Iranian people, wishing a speedy recovery for those injured.
In another development also on Monday, the lead spokesperson for the external affairs of the European Union, Peter Stano, strongly condemned the terrorist attack at the Shah Cheragh holy Shrine in Shiraz.
“The attack, claimed by #Daesh, is yet another example of terrorists targeting innocent civilians,” Stano said in a post on X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.
He also expressed the EU’s condolences to the families of the victims.
Meanwhile, France’s Foreign Ministry posted an online message in English on X social media platform in condemnation of the terrorist attack “on a religious shrine” in the Iranian city of Shiraz, which had experienced a similar attack on October 26, 2022.
Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement condemned the terrorist attack on Shah Cheragh Holy shrine in Shiraz, blaming the US.
“It seems that there is an American decision to unleash the terrorists again in many regions,” the secretary general said in a televised speech on Monday, IRNA wrote.
Countries of the region including the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Azerbaijan have also condemned the deadly Sunday terrorist attack in separate statements.