
He called on the international community to listen to the peace seeking voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the serious campaign against terrorism and extremism.
This dreadful crime once again revealed the real image of terrorism and carnage of defenseless people, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
The terrorist move proves that terrorism has no boundaries jeopardizing the international peace and security regardless of nationality, religion and geographical location requiring collective contribution.
This inhuman carnage is very painful and all should come together to seriously thwart the threats posed by terrorism to the international community, he said.
Adopting double-standard policies in dealing with such heinous crimes will destabilize the region and disrupt the international peace and security, said the spokesman.
All peace-loving countries in the world should put mounting pressures on supporters of such extremist groups to help lessen the anti-human crimes, he said.
Nine terrorists invaded a restaurant popular for foreign tourists in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Saturday night and took hostage some 40 people.
Some 20 foreign tourists were killed in the attack.
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