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Ghani Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Tehran

Ghani Strongly Condemns  Terrorist Attacks in Tehran

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on his twitter on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Tehran which claimed lives of 12 innocent people and injured 42 others.
In his twitter, he wrote 'Afghan government strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Tehran and once again underlines the need for a joint fight against such scourge phenomenon'.
The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah along with a number of parliament representatives and political parties on Wednesday strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Tehran.
In an apparently coordinated attempt, two terrorist groups attacked mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini, southern Tehran, and the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) on Wednesday morning, killing 12 people and injuring 42 more.
One of the terrorist was gunned down by the security forces and another attacker, reportedly a woman, blew herself up outside the Imam Khomeini shrine.
The terrorist group of Daesh (the ISIS terrorist group) has claimed responsibility for the fatal attacks in Tehran.
Terrorists entered the Parliament building while they had dressed as women, said a security official.
Parliament operation ended by security forces who killed three of the terrorists, one of them had detonated himself before.

Meanwhile, according to an official at the Intelligence Ministry, several terrorist cells have entered Tehran to carry out terrorist operations, but members of one of the cells have been arrested. (IRNA)