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UNSC condemns 'cowardly' terrorist attack' on police convoy in SE Iran

Thursday, 31 October 2024 6:47 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 31 October 2024 6:47 AM ]

Iranian people and officials attend the funeral of Hadi Zare Baghbidi, a policeman who was martyred in a terrorist attack in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, in the city of Yazd on October 29, 2024. (Photo by Tasnim news agency)

The United Nations Security Council has deplored the recent terrorist attack on a police convoy in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province that killed 10 law enforcement personnel.

In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the 15-member body "condemned in the strongest terms" Saturday's "cowardly terrorist attack on a patrol unit of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Goharkooh region of the city of Taftan."

It also offered the deepest sympathy and condolences to the bereaved families, as well as the Iranian people and government over the tragedy.

"The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice," the statement read.

"They urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as all other relevant authorities in this regard."

Iran urges UN Security Council to condemn deadly terrorist attack on police convoy

Iran’s UN ambassador called on the Security Council to vehemently condemn the recent deadly terrorist attack on a police convoy in the country’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

Meanwhile, the Security Council stressed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, and that any acts of terror are criminal and unjustifiable.

It further underlined the need for "all States to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law,... threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts."

Iranians attended the funeral ceremony of 10 police officers who were killed in the Jaish al-Adl terrorist attack on their vehicles in Sistan and Baluchestan's Taftan county.

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The so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly ambush on Iranian police vehicles.

The foreign-backed terror outfit, based in Pakistan, has been involved in numerous assaults targeting both civilians and security forces across the border province of Sistan and Baluchestan in the past several years.

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