Iran slams Turkey bomb attack

“Carrying out such terrorist acts in a wedding ceremony and the killing of defenseless people and civilians once again clearly displayed the ominous and anti-human goals of Takfiri terrorism,” Qasemi said on Sunday.

He added that such acts of terror showed how the ominous and dangerous phenomenon of terrorism threatens the international community in order to achieve its inhuman goals.

“These Takfiri extremist measures have targeted the peace and stability of regional countries and require firm countermeasures from regional countries to contain this violent phenomenon,” the Iranian spokesperson pointed out.

At least 51 people were killed and more than 69 injured in the terror attack which took place in the Sahinbey district’s Akdere neighborhood late on Saturday.

In a statement issued hours after the massacre, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Takfiri Daesh terror group is the “likely perpetrator” of the bomb attack.

Erdogan added that such terror attacks are aimed at sowing division between different groups in Turkey and spreading “incitement along ethnic and religious lines.”

Turkey has suffered a series of terror attacks by Daesh and Kurdish militants over the past year.

The bombing incidents increased in frequency especially after last July when the country launched a military campaign against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern border areas. The Turkish military has also been conducting offensives against the positions of the group in northern Iraq.

/SR