AhlulBayt News Agency: The secretary of the Guardian Council, Iran's top supervisory body, says the Islamic Republic is "the biggest victim" of international terrorism, slamming the so-called human rights defenders for turning blind eye to it.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati made the remarks on Wednesday, a day after the country marked its National Day of Fight Against Terrorism.
"Iran has suffered more from terrorist acts than any other country," the senior official said, "while those who lay claim to defending human rights have never wanted to see this reality."
National Day of Fight Against Terrorism, observed every year in the Islamic Republic of Iran with solemn ceremonies, marks the assassination of Iran's then-President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
Rajaei and Bahonar and several other officials had convened at the Tehran office of the Iranian prime minister for a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Defense Council when a bomb explosion ripped through the building, martyring all of them.
Survivors recounted that a person, identified as Massoud Kashmiri, had brought a briefcase into the conference room and then left.
Subsequent investigations revealed that Kashmiri had been an operative working for the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization terrorist cult, who had infiltrated the Iranian premier’s office disguised as a state security official.
Ayatollah Jannati said it was ludicrous that the countries that aided MKO in committing crimes against the people of Iran were claiming to fight terrorism.
In a separate statement on Wednesday, Kazem Gharibabadi, Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights (HCHR), said Iran had lost more than 17,000 people in the acts of terror carried out by the MKO terrorist group.
He noted that, despite the atrocities, the terror outfit was being openly supported by the so-called champions of human rights.
The official was referring to the Western countries, including the United States and its European allies, which have removed MKO's name from their lists of terrorist groups and granted its members complete freedom of movement and activity.
Gharibabadi said "The HCHR raps all forms of terrorism and calls for making a stand against this sinister phenomenon."
The Iranian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul also issued a statement on Wednesday, saying Iran was "a victim of terrorism" while being at the "forefront of the fight against terrorism."
"Effective combating of terrorism requires joint international efforts and the avoidance of double standards," the statement posted on Twitter added.
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Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati made the remarks on Wednesday, a day after the country marked its National Day of Fight Against Terrorism.
"Iran has suffered more from terrorist acts than any other country," the senior official said, "while those who lay claim to defending human rights have never wanted to see this reality."
National Day of Fight Against Terrorism, observed every year in the Islamic Republic of Iran with solemn ceremonies, marks the assassination of Iran's then-President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
Rajaei and Bahonar and several other officials had convened at the Tehran office of the Iranian prime minister for a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Defense Council when a bomb explosion ripped through the building, martyring all of them.
Survivors recounted that a person, identified as Massoud Kashmiri, had brought a briefcase into the conference room and then left.
Subsequent investigations revealed that Kashmiri had been an operative working for the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization terrorist cult, who had infiltrated the Iranian premier’s office disguised as a state security official.
Ayatollah Jannati said it was ludicrous that the countries that aided MKO in committing crimes against the people of Iran were claiming to fight terrorism.
In a separate statement on Wednesday, Kazem Gharibabadi, Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights (HCHR), said Iran had lost more than 17,000 people in the acts of terror carried out by the MKO terrorist group.
He noted that, despite the atrocities, the terror outfit was being openly supported by the so-called champions of human rights.
The official was referring to the Western countries, including the United States and its European allies, which have removed MKO's name from their lists of terrorist groups and granted its members complete freedom of movement and activity.
Gharibabadi said "The HCHR raps all forms of terrorism and calls for making a stand against this sinister phenomenon."
The Iranian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul also issued a statement on Wednesday, saying Iran was "a victim of terrorism" while being at the "forefront of the fight against terrorism."
"Effective combating of terrorism requires joint international efforts and the avoidance of double standards," the statement posted on Twitter added.
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