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Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei delivered the condemnation in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
On New Year’s Day, a truck driver plowed his vehicle into a crowd in New Orleans in the state of Louisiana, causing the fatalities and injuring more than 30 others.<\/p>\n
A probe is investigating a possible link between the incident, during which the driver, who used to be in the US Army, was reportedly flying a flag belonging to the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.<\/p>\n
Baghaei reaffirmed the Islamic Republic\u2019s principled position of denouncing terrorism in all its forms and representations no matter the place of its perpetration and those behind it, PressTV reported.<\/p>\n
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman condoled with the survivors.<\/p>\n
The suspect in the tragedy, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, who was once deployed to Afghanistan, allegedly displayed the flag from his vehicle before barreling into the crowd in the French Quarter.<\/p>\n
The victims were celebrating the arrival of 2025, when the attack occurred at approximately 3:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
Witnesses described scenes of bodies and blood, and victims crying on the ground after the truck had passed. “The best way I can describe it is truly a war zone,” one witness said.<\/p>\n
Investigators found weapons and a potential explosive device in Jabbar\u2019s truck. Additionally, two suspected explosive devices were located in the French Quarter and were safely neutralized by the FBI.<\/p>\n
Among the injured were two police officers, who were shot during an exchange of gunfire with Jabbar, who was ultimately killed by police.<\/p>\n
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