Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has censured the terror attack targeting police headquarter in Rask that killed nearly a dozen law enforcement members and ordered swift efforts to identify the perpetrators behind the attack.
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brahim Raeisi, in a statement, offered his condolences to the Iranian nation and especially the families of “devoted” police forces who fell victim to the attack in Rask County in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish ul-Adl terror group.
“The powerful security and law enforcement forces must identify the perpetrators and orderers of this heinous crime as quickly as possible so that they can be punished for their disgraceful act,” the statement said.
The president blamed the “stooges of the world arrogance” for what he called a “cowardly and indiscriminate” terror attack.
The deadly attack has drawn condemnations from various Iranian officials, and also from Pakistan, where the group is based.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called for a swift response to the attack.
He said that Iran’s adversaries have many times tried to break the will of the Iranian nation through such futile acts, but they should know such acts will be responded to with "harsh punishment."
Meanwhile the head of Iran’s judiciary offered condolences over martyrdom of the urged for punishment of the perpetrators behind the terrorist attack in Rask.
During the Jaish al-Adl (Zulm) terrorist attack on the police headquarters in Rask City, southeast of Iran, 11 policemen were martyred on Thursday evening.
Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejeii, Chief of Iran's Judiciary, wrote in a message on Friday that the enemies of Islamic Iran, who were shocked and enraged by the strength and authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran, once again, by their vile and wicked mercenaries in terrorist groups, shed blood from of Iranian police forces who were engaged in providing the security and peace of the people.
Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejeii emphasized that the officials of the judicial system of Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran are obliged to take all necessary measures to arrest and punish these terrorists associated with global arrogance while issuing the necessary orders to the security and law enforcement forces.