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| Iran Condemns 'Indiscriminate Terrorist' Attack on its Pilgrims in Iraq |
| 2013-06-09 |
| [An Nahar] Iran on Saturday condemned a deadly attack the day before in neighboring Iraq, in which at least 14 Iranian Shiite pilgrims were killed, the official IRNA news agency said. "Iran condemns this indiscriminate terrorist act, which is contrary to Islamic and human values," it cited foreign ministry front man Abbas Araqchi as saying. Iranian television reports said 14 pilgrims from Iran were killed and 45 maimed on Friday when a parked vehicle rigged with explosives detonated in the restive town of Muqdadiyah north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... The blast occurred as the pilgrims' bus passed through the town en route from the Iranian border to the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Iraqi reports on Friday put the number of Iranian pilgrims killed at 10. "The Iraqi government was responsible for the lives of the Iranian pilgrims," Araqchi said. Najaf, which lies south of Storied Baghdad, is home to a shrine to a revered figure in Shiite Islam. Shiite Musselmens visiting holy shrines and religious sites form the backbone of Iraq's tourism industry, with the vast majority of pilgrims coming from Iran. When touring key Shiite religious sites in Iraq, pilgrims typically visit Najaf, nearby Karbala, Storied Baghdad, and Samarra. |
| Posted by:Fred |