Rouhani Blasts Terrorist Attack in Egypt

Rasa - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strongly condemned the Friday terrorists attack on a mosque in Egypt which claimed the lives of over 300 people and injured many more.

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Date: 25 November 2017 - 23:17

RNA - "Condemning the heinous terrorist crime during Friday Prayers in Egypt, I extend Iranian people's and my sincere condolences to the Egyptian people and the bereaved families of the victims," President Rouhani wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday.

In an earlier statement, Iran’s foreign ministry also condemned the terrorist attack, urging all nations and governments to be more vigilant about the new threats of defeated but bloodthirsty terrorists at the current particular era.

At least 300 people including 27 children have been killed and scores more injured in a bomb and gun assault on al-Rawdah mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai on Friday, in the deadliest attack on the country's soil in recent history.

Between 25 to 30 armed men carried out the attack. No group has so far claimed responsibility for it, but the strike bears the hallmarks of an attack by the ISIL-affiliated Velayat Sinai terrorist group.

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