The reactions to the 2017 Tehran attacks include the responses by political and religious leaders, media and the general public, both within Iran, where the 2017 Tehran attacks took place, and from other nations and international organizations. Numerous notable establishments around the world also held memorials.
Iranian Police had increased patrols in the streets and subway stations of the capital Tehran after the attacks and also increased security proceedings at the Tehran Metro, where was threatened for a third attack by the ISIL.
The attacks embarked a wave of solidarity on internet around the world with hashtag #PrayforTehran and also symbolic sympathy in tribute to the victims such as turning off Eiffel Tower lights in Paris.
Monuments held at the cities of Iran and country's embassies around the world with lit candles and leaving flowers and holding silences to remember the victims of the attacks. A huge number of people lit candles in City Theater of Tehran and a state funeral was held on 9 June 2017 at the parliament building, where one of the attacks took place, and later at University of Tehran.
Background Two terrorist attacks were simultaneously carried out on 7 June 2017 by seven terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 wounded. The shootings were the first terrorist attacks in Tehran in more than a decade, and the first major terror attack in the country since the 2010 Zahedan bombings. This was also the first time ISIL carried out a "successful" terrorist attack in Iranian soil and it triggered significant reactions both domestically and internationally with expected global consequences.
Domestic responses
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran said the Iranian nation and government won't be cowed by the "firecrackers". "Today's firecrackers will not influence the people's will," Khamenei told in his speech between hundreds of students in Tehran. He offered condolences in a message read at the funeral of victims and said "a clear sign of the evil hostility of the stooges of the arrogant (powers) toward the dignified Iranian nation and whatever related to the Islamic Revolution and Establishment and its late leader". President Hassan Rouhani called for regional and international cooperation and unity. He said the attack would make Iran more united in war against terrorism. "We will prove once again that we will crush the enemies' plots with more unity and more strength", Rouhani said. "Iran's message as always is that terrorism is a global problem, and unity to fight extremism, violence and terrorism with regional and international cooperation is the most important need of today's world," Rouhani said in a statement. First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri also stated that government will promote the organized fight against radical terrorism. Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif condemned the terrorist attack in Tehran saying, "terrorism is a problem that we face in the Middle East and the whole world". Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who was at the parliament at the time of the attack, said in his closing statements that the attack was a "minor issue." Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf tweeted "Martyred of our dear citizens in a terrorist attack have created deep scars on our hearts". 2017 presidential candidate and chairman of Astan Quds Razavi Ebrahim Raisi condemned the attacks and condolences. He said that "While the current situation in the Middle East is in the interest of the nations and to the detriment of powers and terrorists are near the final destruction, terrorist acts in Tehran and killing a group of civilians has no military value." He also thanked Iran's military forces involving at the incident. Seyed Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini and caretaker of the Mausoleum of Khomeini, expressed his condolences to the families of "martyrs" in "Imam's mausoleum" and "Majlis". Iranian Sunni leader and Zahedan Friday Prayers Imam Molavi Abdul Hamid condemned the attacks. Blasting the militants' "sinister goals", he remarked, "Blind terrorists martyred fasting people who were referred to the offices of the Parliament." Iran's Al-Daawa and Reform Group, a Sunni group, condemned Tehran's attack saying that "this was a great and severe shock at the national level".
International response Supranational bodies : Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Security Council separately offered their condolences to the Iranian Government and families of the people killed in the attacks. In a statement, Guterres spokesperson said that "the Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist attacks." Guterres called for those responsible for "this unjustifiable violence" to be brought to justice. "All countries must work together in fighting terrorism while upholding the universal rights and values that bind the global community," the spokesperson said. In a separate statement, the UN Security Council, which called the attacks "barbaric" and "cowardly," stressed the need to take measures to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism, terrorist organizations and individual terrorists. : Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini condemned the terrorist attacks on Tehran and expressed sympathy and solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a phone conversation with Iranian FM Javad Zarif, Mogherini denounced the heinous attacks on Tehran's Parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's shrine. Earlier, she also had said, "we condemn terrorist attacks in Tehran today and will follow the incident carefully; today is a bitter day, as other times when a terrorist attack happens in the world; we condole Iran on the tragic incident." European Parliament President Antonio Tajani also said he "stands in solidarity with the President of Iranian Parliament and the Iranian people."
States : President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Head of the High Peace Council Mohammad Karim Khalili and former president Hamid Karzai expressed their deep grief over the deadly attacks, commiserating with the families of the victims. : Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks targeting the Iranian parliament building and the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, terming them "criminal acts." "Targeting human lives in this holy month Ramadan reaffirms the disrespect of the perpetrators of these abhorrent crimes for all religious, moral and humanitarian values. These attacks will not discourage the international community from working and coordinating together in order to confront terrorists and their destructive plans," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Aziz bin Ali al-Sharif said in a statement. : Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian strongly condemned the attacks. "We strictly condemn the attacks carried out on Iran’s parliament and Imam Khomeini's mausoleum. We express solidarity to the people of Iran," he said. : Foreign Minister Julie Bishop condemned the raids and said, "We extend our deep condolences and sympathy for the victims and their families, and the Iranian people". : Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz was also among senior diplomats condemning the terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital. "I condemn today’s attacks in Tehran and express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims," he tweeted. : President Ilham Aliyev extended his condolences to the Iranian nation and government, saying that the bloody incidents showed that "terrorism has turned out to be a growing menace for the entire world, and all its forms must be collectively and persistently addressed." : President of Belarus condemned the attacks in Tehran saying that "Belarus has had and will have solidarity with Iran and the international community in fighting the evil acts." : President Evo Morales expressed his country's solidarity with Iran. "We condemn the violence that threatens life," he tweeted. : Bosnia and Herzegovina refrained from public condemnation of the attack. Few authorities, however, attended an iftar ceremony at the Iranian embassy in Sarajevo on Wednesday 8 June 2017 and expressed condolences to the victims of the incident. : Government expressed its sorrow at the incident, saying Brazil condemns any terrorist acts regardless of the motivation. : Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs in a press release stated that Canada strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Iran and that "We grieve the deaths and the injuries sustained by many civilians and deplore the targeting of innocent Iranians. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the people of Iran". The Canadian minister also expressed that "the timing of these attacks, during the holy month of Ramadan, is an offence to the spirit of this sacred time. Canada remains unwavering in the global fight against terrorism and the hatred on which it is based." : Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to the families of the victims and expressed solidarity with the Iranian nation and government. "Chilean government calls for close cooperation among the governments to counter terrorists in a bid to curb the global threat," said the statement. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Tehran claiming lives of innocent people and injuring scores of others. Such measures are not acceptable for China and will be condemned under any circumstances, she said. : Foreign Ministry condemned Tehran terrorist attacks and expressed its deep concern over the new wave of violence in the fasting month of Ramadan in its Twitter account. : In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Lenin Moreno's government rejected and condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks in parliament and in the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini. Ecuador offered their heartfelt condolences to the government, the people of Iran and the families of the victims of this "detestable crime" and hoped for the prompt recovery of the wounded. In the same statement Ecuador called on the international community, "in the spirit of cooperation that the circumstances demand, work to eradicate this scourge of humanity, and the causes that originate it." : Estonian government condemned the attacks in Tehran. : President Emmanuel Macron expressed condolences to Iran over deaths in Tehran terrorist attacks, stressing that Paris is open to closer cooperation with Tehran in the war against terrorism, said in a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani also said that the Iranian administration is ready to work with the government of France and other European countries to decisively stand up to terrorism and fight against it. Foreign Ministry censured the deadly attacks in the Iranian capital. "We strongly condemn the attacks that targeted the Iranian parliament and the Imam Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran," the ministry said in a statement. : President Giorgi Margvelashvili went to his Twitter to condemn "brutal Tehran attacks". Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili posted on Twitter that Georgia stands with the Iranian people. Country's Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze also expressed solidarity to the people and the government of Iran. : Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel strongly denounced the terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital. "Once again, unscrupulous criminals have killed many innocent people", said Gabriel. Foreign Ministry flatly denounced the terror attacks in the Iranian capital. "Athens condemns any act of terror carried out under any excuse. Concrete and practical measures must be adopted in order to tackle the menace of terrorism," the ministry said in a statement.