Iran has censured a terrorist bomb blast near a mosque in Pakistan, saying “steely determination” and “collective cooperation” are required to eliminate terrorism and extremism at both international and regional levels.

Axar.az reports that Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday terrorism would be eradicated in the region and across the world only through steely determination to stop financial and spiritual support for terrorism and extremism.

He added that a successful campaign against the scourges also requires the engagement of all countries in a mechanism based on “collective and honest” cooperation.

“So long as some individuals deploy the rhetoric of bullying, carnage and massacre instead of logic and dialog as a means to achieve their own ominous goals and a few countries in the region [also] see their interests in the spread of insecurity, terrorism and extremism, there is no hope for uprooting this cancerous tumor,” he added.
He expressed confidence that those who are spreading violence and terror would pay a heavy price for their criminal acts.

The Iranian spokesman expressed his sympathy with the Pakistani government, nation and the bereaved families of the victims.