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has branded reaction to attacks in capital Tehran ‘repugnant’ after the US president claimed the nation is reaping what it sows.
The attack claimed the lives of 13 people and a further 40 were wounded at the country’s parliament complex.
Wednesday’s attack, close to the shrine to revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is the first claimed by ISIS in Iran.
The US President has been accused of kicking the country while it is down by furious Iranians.
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The attack claimed the lives of 13 people and a further 40 were wounded at the country’s parliament complex
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who tweeted: ‘Repugnant WH (White House) statement…as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients’
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Trump said the US would ‘grieve and pray’ for the victims, but added: ‘We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.’
That was condemned by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who tweeted: ‘Repugnant WH (White House) statement…as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.’
The six attackers were Iranians who had joined IS, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Reza Seifollahi, said on state TV.
In Wednesday’s statement, Trump wrote: ‘We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are going through such challenging times.’
Donald Trump let his sarcasm fly on Wednesday, lecturing Iran’s leaders after an ISIS attack by saying they back terrorists themselves
The spokesman for Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C.tweeted: ‘Exactly.’
ISIS claimed its first ever terror attack in Iran on Wednesday after fighters stormed parliament and attacked a shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini (pictured, images released by the terror google group claiming to show a fighter inside parliament)
While ministers continued sitting inside the main chamber, government workers were rushed from the building as security services engaged jihadis in a gun battle several floors above
But it then continued: ‘We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.’
Aaron Sagui, a spokesman for Israel’s embassy in Washington, quoted that last sentence and tweeted: ‘Exactly.’
Trump’s comments also brought criticism from Iranians on social media, who recalled their government’s offers of support and the candlelight vigils held in Iran after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.
‘Iranians lit candles for you on 9/11.You kick them while they’re down. Classy,’ tweeted Ali Ghezelbash, an Iranian business analyst.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blamed for the attack, saying: ‘This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the Saudi backward leaders who support terrorists.
‘The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that they [Saudi Arabia] were involved in the brutal attack.’
Security surrounded parliament as oine jihadi blew himself up inside parliament while another three were shot dead
Anti-terror police exchanged fire with the attackers in a northern part of the building before a suicide bomb detonated on the fourth floor (pictured, the attackers)
ISIS earlier said fighters armed with AK47s and pistols stormed parliament through the civilian entrance while disguising themselves as women by wearing burkas, shooting security guards before detonating a suicide bomb, killing at least five and wounding 25.
The State Department condemned the deadly twin attacks, with spokeswoman Heather Nauert saying ‘the depravity of terrorism has no place in a peaceful, civilized world.’
Official American statements of solidarity with the victims are notable because of the deep distrust between the US and Iran. The two countries don’t maintain diplomatic relations and the Trump administration has emphasized the need to counter Iran’s influence.
The distrust of Iran was evident on Wednesday when shortly after the condemnation, Republicans and Democrats in Congress acted in a procedural vote to move forward on a new set of sanctions.The strong bipartisan vote was 92-7.
The bill would impose mandatory sanctions on people involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program and anyone who does business with them. The measure also would apply terrorism sanctions to the country’s Revolutionary Guards and enforce an arms embargo.
A few senators pleaded for a delay until next week in the previously scheduled vote in light of the attacks in Iran.
Security forces stood guard as women and children were evacuated from the windows of the lower floors to rescuers below.Four jihadi fighters got into parliament through the visitor door while disguised as women in burkas before filming part of their rampage inside, including the body of a government worker
‘Let us tell the people of Iran that while we have serious disagreements with them on a number of issues, that today when they are mourning, when they are dealing with the shock of a terrorist attack, today is not the day to go forward with this piece of legislation,’ said Vermont’s independent liberal senator Bernie Sanders.
Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy also pushed for a delay, but Republicans and Democrats pressed ahead.
The bill is a ‘carefully crafted response to Iran’s ongoing aggression in the Middle East,’ said Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.
Police said they shot the second suicide attacker dead before he could detonate his device (body of dead attacker pictured)