News - Middle East: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the enemies have failed to advance their latest conspiracy aimed at blocking the country’s progress.

Speaking at a meeting on Sunday, Raeisi pointed to the recent Western media hype against the Islamic Republic, saying “the death of Ms. [Mahsa] Amini is being thoroughly investigated” by the relevant state bodies.

“The enemy is trying, through extensive media measures, to divert the public opinion. We see that a group of Afghan girls are killed at an educational facility by terrorists who have the US support, but there is no reaction from those who claim [to be advocating human rights],” Raeisi said.

“Under these conditions, does the West’s claim of being concerned about human rights and the rights of women seem acceptable?”

According to the UN, at least 35 people were killed and 82 wounded in the bombing that took place at the Kaaj education center in the Afghan capital Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood on Friday. The terrorist attack was carried out in the women’s section of a gender-segregated study hall where hundreds of students were taking a mock entrance exam for university admission.