DUBAI, March 23. /TASS/. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned a terrorist attack on the c outside Moscow.

"In a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ebrahim Raisi expressed condolences to him, the Russian government and people over the death of innocent civilians in a terrorist attack in Moscow. He strongly condemned the terrorist attack and expressed support for the Russian authorities’ efforts to maintain national security," says a statement published on the Iranian president’s website.

Raisi called on the international community "to take active measures to punish the masterminds and perpetrators of the terrorist attack."

The terrorist attack took place at the Crocus City Hall in the town of Krasnogorsk outside Moscow late on March 22. Unidentified gunmen armed with automatic weapons went on a shooting spree. According to the latest data from Russia’s Investigative Committee, 115 people were killed but that number may grow. Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov has announced the detention of 11 people involved in the attack, including four perpetrators who had tried to escape towards the Ukrainian border.