In a message to his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem, Salehi expressed his sorrow over the bombings and offered his condolences to the Syrian nation and government. He also sympathized with the injured and bereaved families.
“Undoubtedly targeting defenseless people by terrorist and violent acts once again indicates the approach of those movements that oppose the realization of the Syrian revolutionary and resisting people’s willpower,” the message said.
According to Syrian officials, at least 55 people were killed and some 400 others wounded in the Syrian capital after two powerful explosions occurred near a military intelligence building in the city during the morning rush hour on Thursday.
Also on May 9, a roadside bomb attack hit a Syrian military truck escorting a convoy of UN observers near the southern city of Dara’a, wounding six Syrian soldiers.
Syria has been the scene of unrest since mid-March, 2011.
The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters, but Damascus blames ”outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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