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TEHRAN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Iraq's capital of Baghdad on Sunday that killed at least 79 people, according to Tasnim news agency.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi expressed condolences to the Iraqi government, nation and families of victims of the deadly bomb attack, stressing that the Islamic republic will stand with Iraq until the defeat of terrorist groups.
He slammed the so-called Islamic State (IS) for resorting to cowardly measures and slaughtering civilians after it underwent successive defeats in military confrontations with the Iraqi forces and the recent liberation of the city of Fallujah, the report said.
The IS has claimed responsibility for the suicide car bomb attack in Iraqi capital.
