Iran condemns UK attack, criticises Western security ties to Gulf


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

A woman speaks on her phone as she walks near to a police cordon around the Manchester Arena, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran condemned a suicide attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, but in an apparent swipe at Western security cooperation with Gulf Arab states said "artificial alliances" would not eliminate such threats.

"Terrorism will be uprooted only by taking comprehensive measures, and avoiding double standards," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.

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