TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned the Friday terrorist attack on a Pakistani religious leader in Balochistan of Pakistan.

Nasser Kan'ani strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the convoy of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Siraj-ul-Haq, in the Zhob region in Balochistan of Pakistan.

He expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the incident and prayed for eternal peace to the departed Siraj-ul-Haq, souls, and granted patience to the bereaved families to bear the loss with courage.

Kan'ani, however, thanked God for saving the Jamaat-e-Islami leader Sirajul Haq from the terrorist attack.

A suicide attacker targeted the vehicle of Jamaat-e-Islami’s chief Siraj-ul-Haq, during a political event in Zhob, Balochistan on Friday, May 19.

The official Facebook page of the Jamaat-e-Islami chief said that he was ‘completely fine and well’. 

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