Donald Trump Expresses Sympathy for Victims of 'Tehran Attacks'

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, expressed sympathy on Wednesday for the victims of the 'terrorist attacks' in Tehran. However, the U.S. President emphasized that governments supporting terrorism become victims of the 'evil' they promote. According to the White House, Trump stated, 'We mourn for the innocent victims of the terrorist attack in Iran and for the people of Iran who are enduring such a challenging time, and we pray for them.' He added, 'We emphasize that governments supporting terrorism themselves become victims of the evil they promote.' The U.S. considers the Iranian government to be 'the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world,' a claim that Iran denies. Reports indicate that two teams of armed individuals attacked the Iranian Parliament and the tomb of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday, resulting in a total of 12 deaths and approximately 43 injuries, with the attackers also being killed. In this context, the U.S. Department of State condemned the attack in a statement. The spokesperson for the State Department stated, 'The path of terrorism has no place in a civilized and peaceful world.' The spokesperson also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and prayed for the recovery of the injured. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement, threatening that more attacks against Iranians are forthcoming. Meanwhile, an Iranian government official stated that the perpetrators of the attack on the Parliament and Khomeini's tomb were 'Iranian.' According to Radio Farda, Reza Saifollahi, Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, said in an interview with Iran's second television network, 'The identity of these individuals is from certain regions of Iran who had joined ISIS and collaborated with them in areas where ISIS had declared a caliphate.'