UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in southeast Iran
The members of the UN Security Council have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a police station in Rask County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, calling for the prosecution of the perpetrators and sponsors of such “cowardly” acts of terror.
“The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack on the Rask police station in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran,” read a statement released on Saturday.
At around 2 a.m. local time on Friday, the police headquarters in Rask County was targeted in a terrorist attack, later claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group, Press TV reported.
The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold the “perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice.”
They also urged all states “to cooperate actively” with Iran and all relevant authorities, in accordance with their obligations under “international law and relevant Security Council resolutions.”
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, in a post on the X platform expressed appreciation for the Security Council’s condemnation of the terrorist attack. Iravani had earlier called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as well as the rotating President of the Security Council José de la Gasca to condemn the terrorist attack.
Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has called on Pakistan to avert insecurity along the common border.
He has paid a visit to the Police headquarters in Rask. Initial reports said eleven police forces were killed and seven more wounded, some in critical condition, in the attack.
“We call on the government of Pakistan to take action to protect and secure its border and not allow the terrorist groups to create dens on its soil,” Tasnim news agency quoted the minister as saying.
The United Nations also denounced the deadly terrorist attack on Friday, emphasizing that all perpetrators must be brought to justice.
“The United Nations strongly condemns the attack today on a police headquarters in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered swift measures to identify the perpetrators and masterminds of the attack as quickly as possible so that they “can be punished for their disgraceful act.”
The attack was one of the deadliest in years for the region, which is close to Iran’s border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.