Russia ready to team up with Iran in fighting terror

December 18, 2010 - 0:0

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Moscow is ready to pool efforts with Tehran in countering the global terrorist threat, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

At least 38 people were killed and 50 others injured in a suicide attack in southeastern Iran on Wednesday.
It said Russia ""condemns this inhuman, bloody crime"" committed by extremists and ""is ready to closely cooperate with the Islamic Republic of Iran.""
The attack occurred in front of the Imam Hussein mosque in the city of Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan province while people were gathering at a mosque for a mourning ceremony.
Iranian media said three suicide bombers were involved.
Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani also offered Tehran his ministry's support and experience in fighting terror, AFP reported.
Bolani said his country had been on the ""frontline"" in the battle against terrorism for several years, and that the Iraqi people sympathized with Iran. ""We have always been on the frontline of the fight against terrorists in past years,"" he said in a statement to the press. ""The Iraqi people have tasted that bitterness, which makes them sympathize with Iran and stand side-by-side in this crisis.""
""My ministry expresses its readiness to present its support and experience in the field of fighting terrorism, and all possible means to break the back of terrorism in the future.""