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Iran condemns deadly terrorist attack in Istanbul airport

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned on Wednesday the terrorist bomb attack on Turkey's Istanbul Ataturk international airport which claimed scores of lives.

"Extremism and violence is a global threat, and we must tackle it together," Zarif said, expressing regret that terrorism has hit Iran's "friendly and neighboring" country.

On Tuesday night, suicide bombers opened random fire at Attaturk Airport in Istanbul and then blew their suicide jackets up, leaving at least 36 dead and many more injured. Endit