Head of the Khuzestan Justice Department Ali Dehqhani said of that number, 54 people have been remanded in custody as investigations continue to identify the assailants and all the elements that operated on the scene and behind the scenes of the crime.
“The judicial apparatus will decisively and meticulously deal with those who conduct acts of aggression against the people’s lives and security and the society’s calm,” he added.
In recent days, several people, including civilian and security agents, were martyred and wounded in separate terror attacks in three provinces of Iran.
At least seven people were martyred and 10 others injured after terrorists opened fire at civilians and security forces at a crowded market in Izeh last week.
It comes just three weeks after 15 pilgrims, including a woman and two children, were martyred and 19 others wounded in a terrorist attack on Shah Cheragh holy shrine in the city of Shiraz in Fars province.
Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terror group has claimed responsibility for the assault in a statement on their telegram channel.
Iranian officials have stressed Tehran’s resolve to punish the perpetrators and masterminds of the bloody attacks.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has denounced the silence of the so-called Western advocates of human rights over terror attacks on several Iranian cities which led to the martyrdom and injury of several civilians, and further blasted them for inciting and encouraging terrorism in Iran.
In a mid-November statement, the foreign ministry was referring to the terrorist attacks in the Iranian cities of Izeh, Esfahan and Mashhad that left dozens of people dead or injured including women and children.
“Undoubtedly, the intentional silence of the claimants of human rights and foreign promoters of chaos and violence in Iran in the face of the most blatant terrorist operations in a number of Iranian cities conveys no other message than encouragement of terrorism and promotion of terrorism across the world,” it said, condemning the deadly acts of terrorism.
The statement added, the indiscriminate terrorist killings in the cities of Izeh, Esfahan and Mashhad over the past few days, which followed a recent similar attack against pilgrims and worshipers at the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, reaffirms “how enemies of Iran hide their criminal nature behind the fake mask of sympathy with the people and children of this country”.
Tehran announced from the perspective of international regulations and norms, terrorism is condemned in any form and in any time and place.
“Therefore, the world community and international bodies have a duty to prevent the creation of a safe haven for violence-seekers and radical currents, whose survival depends on promoting unrest and spreading hatred, tension, chaos and riots, by condemning the recent terror attacks in Iran,” the statement read.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry also stressed that Tehran reserves the right for a legal and judicial follow-up on the terror acts perpetrated by terrorists and their foreign sponsors based on international law and in accordance with its own rules.
