Zarif says 'no coincidence' terrorists strike as anti-Iran summit begins

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is not coincidental that terrorists have attacked the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on the same day that an anti-Iran summit organized by the United States kicks off in Poland.

According to Press TV, condemning the suicide car bombing attack against an IRGC personnel bus in the Southeastern Province of Sistan and Baluchistan earlier in the day, Zarif raised suspicion about the deadly attack's possible links to the "circus" in Warsaw, the Polish capital.

"Is it no coincidence that Iran is hit by terror on the very day that #WarsawCircus begins? Especially when cohorts of same terrorists cheer it from Warsaw streets & support it with twitter bots? US seems to always make the same wrong choices, but expect different results," he wrote.

Is it no coincidence that Iran is hit by terror on the very day that #WarsawCircus begins? Especially when cohorts of same terrorists cheer it from Warsaw streets & support it with twitter bots? US seems to always make the same wrong choices, but expect different results.

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) February 13, 2019

The IRGC personnel were traveling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province on Wednesday, when their bus was targeted in a suicide car bomb attack.

The IRGC's Qods Headquarters said in a statement that an explosive-laden car rammed into the bus, which was taking the personnel back to their homes.

The so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group reportedly claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The terrorist outfit was formed in 2012 by members of the Pakistan-based Jundallah, another terror group dismantled by Iranian intelligence forces in 2010 after its ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi was executed.

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Tehran will avenge the attack.

Earlier, Zarif held a news conference in Tehran, where he described the two-day conference on Iran and the West Asia as "dead on arrival."

"It is another attempt by the United States to pursue an obsession with Iran that is not well-founded," Zarif told a news conference in Tehran. "The Warsaw conference, I believe, is dead on arrival."

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