Representative of Khuzestan in the Assembly of Experts:‎

Response to the terrorist attack in Ahvaz will be an iron fist and a blow to the arrogant ‎powers

Rasa – Ayatollah Ka’bi said that the planners of Saturday’s terrorist attack on a military ‎parade in Ahvaz will be punished for their crimes and the answer to this criminal act is an iron ‎fist and a blow to the arrogant powers. ‎

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Date: 23 September 2018 - 13:46

RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Ayatollah Abbas Ka’bi, the ‎representative of the people of Khuzestan province in the Assembly of Experts, condemned ‎the terrorist attack on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz and offered ‎his condolences to the survivors of the attack, saying, “This Takfiri terrorist criminal act ‎which was committed by the enemies of Islam, the Islamic Revolution and Iran, which ‎occurred during a military parade in Ahvaz, was perpetrated by American, Zionist and Saudi ‎mercenaries in order to defeat the Islamic Resistance Front.”‎

The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom added that this criminal act ‎occurred in the aftermath of the participation of millions of people in Iran and Khuzestan in ‎the creation of the epic of mourning over [the martyrdom of] Imam al-Husayn, the unity of ‎the people in defence of Islam, the Islamic Revolution and Iran and to undermine the ‎greatness and authority of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.”‎

He argued that this cowardly, blind and ineffective crime is a sign of the desperation of the ‎enemies and said, “Just as the enemies didn’t achieve any results in similar attacks in Ahvaz ‎in 2005 and 2006, these crimes won’t achieve any result and they cannot do anything.”‎

Ayatollah Ka’bi added, “Although the martyrdom of the people, our compatriots and the ‎forces of believers are difficult for us, these martyrdoms will make people more discerning, ‎aware, awake and present on the scene with greater unity and solidarity.” ‎

His Eminence invited the people of Khuzestan to participate in a passionate and epic manner ‎in the funerals of the martyrs of the attack and added, “By participating in the funerals of ‎these martyrs in a magnificent manner, the people of Khuzestan and Ahvaz will create an ‎Ashura epic and will demonstrate the brotherhood and unity of all the people.” ‎

He said, “The thousands of wilayah-supporting Arab people of Khuzestan who participated in ‎the mourning ceremonies of Muharram under the slogans of ‘Labbayk Ya Husayn’ and ‘Hayat ‎Minna al-Dhillah’ will deliver a firm blow to the arrogant powers, the United States, the ‎Zionists, the House of Saud and their domestic mercenaries by participating in the funerals of ‎these martyrs in a magnificent manner.”‎

Ayatollah Ka’bi noted that unfortunately, these criminals have seditious satellite networks ‎which are supported by European countries who are claimants of human rights. “Through ‎these networks, the terrorists constantly make threats and demonstrate their crimes. Human ‎rights defenders must stand up to these criminals,” he said.‎

He condemned the terrorist and Takfiri criminal acts as crimes against humanity and added ‎that these crimes were related to the defeated mercenaries and said, “Two of the Takfiri ‎terrorists were consigned to hell and one was arrested.”‎

Ayatollah Ka’bi argued that all supporters and designers of this criminal act will certainly be ‎arrested by the  intelligence and security forces and will be prosecuted for their crimes and ‎emphasized, “The response to this blind and ineffective terrorist act is an iron fist and a blow ‎to the arrogant powers and mercenaries of the House of Saud and the presence of a million ‎people in integrated ranks in the funeral procession of the martyrs and in the fostering of ‎brotherhood is unity and integrity.”‎

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