In a reprisal attack, Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan have carried out their threat against the Pakistani army and slaughtered a large number of defenseless students in Peshawar.
“This is a totally un-Islamic and inhumane action; terrorism, extremism and putting innocent people’s lives at risk in any form and with any purpose are reprehensible,” said Afkham.
Resorting to inhumane methods and creating terror and panic in the name of the divine religion of Islam is not justifiable under any circumstances, said the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Supreme Leader, says that foreign interference is mainly to blame for the lack of stability and sustainable peace in Syria.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has expressed Tehran’s willingness to help advance a UN proposal for the suspension of fighting in the northern city of Aleppo.
The Iranian foreign minister has said that it is a duty of the international community to counter extremism and violence by recognizing them as the main threats to peace.
Iran has described a US Senate report on the CIA’s torture program as “shocking," saying this shows violence, extremism, and secrecy are institutionalized in the US security system.
Iran has condemned the killing of senior Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein by Israeli troops during a protest rally near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says that awareness portrays a bright future for societies at a time when ignorance is a tool at the hands of rulers to suppress grassroots uprisings.
Efforts to create a no-fly or buffer zone in Syria’s border regions measures will damage the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Ali Shamkhani.
President Rouhani put forward ten solutions for the battle against violence and extremism in his opening address at a Tehran anti-terrorism conference.
The Yemeni chargé d'affaires in Tehran has been summoned to Iran's Foreign Ministry following a car bomb attack which targeted the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Sana’a.
Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani tells a UN envoy in order to take on terrorism a comprehensive plan which heeds the needs of all political and social strata is needed.
