[caption id="attachment_112518" align="alignright" width="204"] Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham[/caption]
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iran's FM spokeswoman decried ISIL inhuman crimes against 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
 Iranian FM spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham, while strongly condemning inhuman crimes by ISIL terrorist group against 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya, said the perpetrators of this heinous act follow ominous intentions by stimulating religious, ethnic and tribal sentiments and in line with the interests of the Zionist regime to harm the relations between followers of major religions and to destroy ties among Islamic countries.

Afkham also expressed sympathy with the relatives of the victims and offered her condolences to the people and the Egyptian government.


She stressed public consciousness at all levels against conspiracies, suspicious actions and dangerous consequences of extremism and terrorism in the region.


ISIL Takfiri terrorists released on Sunday a new five-minute video, allegedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians kidnapped in Libya following an earlier announcement of the terror act in an issue of their magazine, Dabiq.


The terrorist group says in the footage that the killings are revenge for "Muslim women persecuted by Coptic crusaders in Egypt."


By Mehr News Agency