Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack on Tunisian Hotel
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian foreign ministry condemned a deadly terrorist attack on a seaside resort hotel in Tunisia, describing it as an attempt to tarnish the image of Islam.
In a statement on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the Friday terrorist act was aimed at “tarnishing the image of Islam and undermining stability in the region and Islamic countries."
She further stressed the need for an immediate collective action to uproot terrorism and counter extremist groups in the region.
At least one gunman disguised as a vacationer attacked the Mediterranean resort on Friday, killing at least 38 people at a beachfront hotel — most of them British tourists — before he was shot to death by the security forces.
The slaughter at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, a palm-flecked town on the northeast Tunisian coast, was among the worst terrorist attacks in the country’s history and the second in a little more than three months.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to statements released Friday night on Twitter.
