TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has censured terrorist attacks in neighboring Turkey, saying extremism is a “global threat” that must be countered globally.

“Terror rears its ugly head yet again in our friend and neighbor’s airport. Extremist violence is a global threat; we must confront it together,” he wrote on his twitter on Wednesday.

At least 36 people, including an Iranian, have been killed and 147 more injured in a terrorist attack in Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport.

According to Independent, no terrorist groups have claimed responsibility for the massacre; however, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said based on a preliminary investigation that “all signs point to ISIS.”

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