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Article snippet: Iran’s foreign minister denounced on Thursday the response by the United States to a pair of deadly assaults in Tehran as “repugnant,” as the death toll in the attacks rose by one to 13. Armed assailants carried out brazen attacks on two high-profile sites on Wednesday — Parliament, and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic — that also wounded more than 50 people and added to tensions in the Middle East. There was a heightened police presence in the streets and on the subways of the capital, The Associated Press reported, adding that a deputy interior minister, Mohammad Hossein Zolfaghari, said that “law enforcement activities may increase” because of the attacks. The United States responded to the twin assaults on Wednesday with a statement that expressed sympathy for the victims while also taking a swipe at the Iranian leadership. “We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are going through such challenging times,” President Trump said in a statement. “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.” That elicited an angry response from Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, who helped negotiate a landmark nuclear deal that Iran and the United States reached in 2015. “Repugnant WH statement & Senate sanctions as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients,” Mr. Zarif wrote on Twitter. “I... Link to the full article to read more