Hezbollah condemns Mahabad attack

The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has condemned a terrorist attack in the northwestern Iranian city of Mahabad, which killed 12 people.

A bomb explosion in West Azarbaijan Province on Wednesday left 12 people dead and at least 80 others injured.

“This crime committed by the enemies of the Islamic Revolution with the support of intelligence services reflects the barbarism and brutality of the forces trying to impede the progress of the Iranian people,” said a statement released by Hezbollah’s media relations department on Thursday.

“[The enemies’] aim is to destabilize Iran in order to serve big schemes entitled to fight the original principles of the Islamic Republic,” the statement read, according to al-Manar television.

The terrorist attack took place where people were watching a military parade. The bomb was planted inside a pine tree near the site of the parade.

Iranian police said on Wednesday they have arrested two people in connection with the terrorist attack.

Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said on Thursday that the group behind the terrorist attack has been identified.