IRGC Vows ‘Unforgiving Vengeance’ for Terror Attack

Date: 23 September 2018 - 21:37

News ID: ۵۷۶۶۸

TEHRAN (Dispatches) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) vowed on Sunday to exact "deadly and unforgiving vengeance in the near future” for an attack on a military parade that martyred 25 people.
"Considering (the IRGC’s) full knowledge about the centers of deployment of the criminal terrorists’ leaders..., they will face a deadly and unforgettable vengeance in the near future,” the Guards said in a statement.
"The terrorist crime committed in Ahvaz by ruthless stooges of the global arrogance and reactionary regimes in the region revealed that the sworn enemies of Iran spare no effort and conspiracy to create insecurity in the country after their failure to achieve their ominous goals,” it added.
The statement emphasized that such crimes would fail to undermine the firm determination of the Islamic establishment and the Iranian nation to remain committed to the Islamic Revolution's sublime ideals.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Muhammad Baqeri said the regional countries hostile to Iran have to "rectify their inimical behavior” and apologize to the Iranian people.
"Otherwise, the Armed Forces reserve the right to deliver a crushing response at a time and place of their choosing to instances of antagonism against the Iranian nation and pursue criminals in every corner of the world,” he added.
Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami also said a "crushing and surprising” response awaited the terrorists.
The "blind act once again indicated the weakness and abasement of the global arrogance and its lowly regional allies" because they are incapable of directly confronting the Islamic establishment, he said.
Hatami assured the Iranian people that the country’s defense forces would not rest until they eradicated the "abominable phenomenon” of terrorism.
Iran’s official TV reported that a 4-year-old boy who was wounded during Saturday’s terror attack has died at a hospital.
Sunday’s report showed the deceased Muhammad Taha lying on his bed in an Ahvaz hospital. Beside him, a doctor next says: "He was wearing a black shirt when he was killed because he was at a mourning ceremony,” referring to Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the 7th century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein (AS).
A photo of wounded, motionless Muhammad Taha resting in a soldier’s arms circulated on Saturday after the shooting. He died on Saturday.
Messages of condolence and condemnation continued to trickle in.
The Persian Gulf Arab state of Qatar, which is at odds with both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., condemned the attack, as did UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres, who issued a statement expressing sympathy with those caught up in the violence.
Syria did the same in a statement that declared that those sponsoring "terrorism in the region won’t be able to achieve their plots using these sordid crimes”.
Russia, France, the UK, Germany, Austria, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Norway and Denman joined a global denunciation of the terrorist attack.
Even the U.S. State Department issued a rather belated denouncement of the incident, but Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain refrained from condemning it.