Responding to the Ahvaz attack, a U.S. official said that "the U.S. stands with the Iranian people and encourages the regime in Tehran to focus on keeping them safe at home". The State Department asserted that "the U.S. condemns all acts of terrorism and the loss of any innocent lives", adding that "we stand with the Iranian people against the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism and express our sympathy to them at this terrible time".