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Iran Denounces Trump’s Response to Attacks as ‘Repugnant’ Iran Denounces Trump’s Response to Attacks as ‘Repugnant’
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Iran’s foreign minister denounced on Thursday the response by the United States to a pair of deadly assaults in Tehran as “repugnant,” as the death toll in the attacks rose by one to 13. Iran’s foreign minister denounced on Thursday the response by the United States to a pair of deadly assaults in Tehran as “repugnant,” as the death toll in the attacks rose to at least 13.
Armed assailants carried out brazen attacks on two high-profile sites on Wednesday — Parliament, and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic — that also wounded more than 50 people and added to tensions in the Middle East.Armed assailants carried out brazen attacks on two high-profile sites on Wednesday — Parliament, and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic — that also wounded more than 50 people and added to tensions in the Middle East.
There was a heightened police presence in the streets and on the subways of the capital, The Associated Press reported, adding that a deputy interior minister, Mohammad Hossein Zolfaghari, said that “law enforcement activities may increase” because of the attacks. There was a heightened police presence in the streets, most significantly in the areas around the sites of the attacks, and on the subways of the capital. A deputy interior minister, Mohammad Hossein Zolfaghari, also said that “law enforcement activities may increase.”
The United States responded to the twin assaults on Wednesday with a statement that expressed sympathy for the victims while also taking a swipe at the Iranian leadership.The United States responded to the twin assaults on Wednesday with a statement that expressed sympathy for the victims while also taking a swipe at the Iranian leadership.
“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,” President Trump said in a statement. “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.”“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,” President Trump said in a statement. “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.”
That elicited an angry response from Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, who helped negotiate a landmark nuclear deal that Iran and the United States reached in 2015.That elicited an angry response from Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, who helped negotiate a landmark nuclear deal that Iran and the United States reached in 2015.
“Repugnant WH statement & Senate sanctions as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients,” Mr. Zarif wrote on Twitter. “Iranian people reject such US claims of friendship.”“Repugnant WH statement & Senate sanctions as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients,” Mr. Zarif wrote on Twitter. “Iranian people reject such US claims of friendship.”
The state-run IRNA news agency said that the death toll in the attacks had risen to 13, from 12, overnight, citing Pir-Hossein Koulivand, the head of Iran’s Medical Services Organization. The state-run IRNA news agency said that the death toll in the attacks had risen to 13, from 12, overnight, citing Pir-Hossein Koulivand, the head of Iran’s Medical Services Organization. But Ahmad Shojaie, chief coroner for Iran, put the toll at 16, according to the Khabar news agency.
Mr. Koulivand said the number of injured had risen to 52, with six in intensive care, 31 still in the hospital and 15 having been discharged.Mr. Koulivand said the number of injured had risen to 52, with six in intensive care, 31 still in the hospital and 15 having been discharged.
At least six attackers were killed, and five people were taken into custody. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Parliament, said that one of the assailants involved in the attack on the Khomeini shrine was a woman and that she had been arrested by the intelligence forces.