UN Condemns Bomb Attack On Iranian Troops

The UN Security Council has condemned a recent bus bombing that killed at least 11 people in southeastern Iran.

The statement followed an Iranian request to the council.

The Security Council condemned the "terrorist attack" against the bus, which was transporting Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) troops in the southeastern border town of Zahedan on February 14.

Russia says it hopes the move will help improve relations between Tehran and the Security Council, which Iranian officials have suggested Western critics are trying to "use...as an instrument of pressure and intimidation."

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