Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the southwestern Pakistani city of Khuzdar, which left a number of Pakistani citizens dead and injured. Baqaei expressed the Islamic Republic of Iran's sincere condolences and sympathy to the victims' families, as well as to the people and government of Pakistan. Reaffirming the Islamic Republic of Iran's principled position of unequivocally condemning all forms of terrorism and extremism, the Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination among regional countries to effectively and continuously combat terrorism, particularly through identifying, prosecuting, and punishing the perpetrators, organizers, supporters, and financiers of terrorist acts.