TEHRAN, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's foreign ministry Tuesday denounced the murder of four Russian diplomats in Iraq, calling it an inhuman act.
On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the deaths of four embassy employees taken hostage in Baghdad four weeks ago. Video footage of the killings appeared on an al Qaeda-linked group's Web site Sunday.
Hamid Reza Asefi, the official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said in a news release it is occupational forces that should bear responsibility for terrorist acts targeting innocent civilians and diplomats in Iraq.