Iran shrine bombing results in 15 deaths.
According to official media, the Daesh organisation claimed responsibility for the attack on a significant Muslim shrine in southern Iran on Wednesday, which claimed at least 15 lives.
Pakistan has denounced the terrorist attack and shown support for the Iranian people who are mourning the loss of lives. The Foreign Office Spokesperson issued a statement in which she wished for the “swift recovery” of everyone impacted by the incident.
At least 19 people were also hurt during the attack by an armed “terrorist” at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the city of Shiraz during evening prayers, according to state media.
Kazem Mousavi, the head of the local judiciary, claimed on state television that “just one terrorist was involved in this attack.”
According to the local governor Mohammad-Hadi Imanieh, the attacker “fired indiscriminately on pilgrims” assembled at the site.
As evening prayers began, a witness claimed he “heard the sobs of women” and that the “assailant entered the temple and opened firing.”
Images and video of bodies covered in fabric and covered in blood and laying within the shrine were broadcast in Iranian media.
IRNA published images of a boy being carried on a stretcher and a mother cradling a young child with bloody footprints on the ground.
According to Iran’s Fars news agency, two children and a mother were also murdered.
The attack was attributed to the Daesh terrorist organisation.
“Serious response”The Shah Cheragh mausoleum, which houses the tomb of Ahmad, the Imam Reza’s brother, is regarded as the most sacred place in southern Iran.
Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, promised “a serious retaliation.”
In a statement issued by his office, he also denounced “the enemies of Iran” who try to “split the united ranks of the people… via violence and terror”.
According to a statement sent by his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “deeply condemns the terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine.”
Such crimes against places of worship are exceptionally terrible, it continued.
