Speaker deplores deaths caused by terrorist blast in Iraq

EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Friday expressed indignation at terrorist blast in Iraq which killed and injured up to 100 people.

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27 November 2016

The official urged the Foreign Ministry and national relief aid agencies to help deliver medical services to the injured people.

He condoled with the bereaved families, saying that Tehran would continue cooperation with Baghdad in fight against terrorism and extremism, according to IRNA.

A truck bomb went off in the Shoumeli village, 120 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, targeting vehicles carrying passengers most of them Iranians coming back home from the holy shrines in Iraq after Arba'een.

More than 100 Iranian people died or were injured in bomb blast in Iraq.