The Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement deplored the recent terrorist bomb attacks in Libya, and warned that resorting to violence instead of moving towards democracy merely serves the interests of the enemies of Islam.

"While the revolutionary people of Libya have successfully held their first free elections and have started moving towards democracy, resorting to these violent actions is an inhuman measure in direction of the wishes of the enemies of Islam," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a statement on Tuesday.

Describing Iran as one of the victims of terrorism, he said that terrorists have kidnapped 7 Iranian nationals in Libya three weeks ago and they have not been freed yet.

The Libyan authorities said they have arrested 32 members of a network loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi in connection with Sunday's twin car bombing in the capital, Tripoli.

Two people were killed by the two blasts near the former military academy for women and the interior ministry. An official of Libya's top security body said the network had been linked to the bombs. It was the first deadly bomb attack since Gaddafi's overthrow last year.

The attack happened on the eve of the anniversary of the fall of Tripoli to revolutionaries last year. The bombs struck at dawn, one of them close to the interior ministry's administrative offices, and the other near the military academy on Omar al-Mokhtar Avenue.
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