Iran's
foreign minister on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's condolences for deadly
attacks in Tehran, calling the U.S. president's words repugnant.
Trump had
said he prayed for the victims of Wednesday's attacks that were claimed by
Islamic State, but added that "states that sponsor terrorism risk falling
victim to the evil they promote."
Mohammad
Javad Zarif wrote on his Twitter account: "Repugnant White House statement
.... Iranian people reject such U.S. claims of friendship."
Suicide
bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's
mausoleum in Tehran, killing at least 13 people in an unprecedented assault
that Iran's Revolutionary Guards blamed on regional rival Saudi Arabia.
Islamic
State claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks against Iran's
majority Shi'ite population, seen by the hardline Sunni militants as heretics.
Saudi Arabia said it was not involved.
Reuters*
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