TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the recent deadly bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

In a statement, the ministry's spokesman Bahram Qasemi denounced the terror attack as "shameful and inhumane."

"By conducting blind and indiscriminate terrorist acts targeting innocent and defenseless citizens, the remnants of terrorist groups intend to take revenge for the defeat they have suffered by the Iraqi nation and government," said Qasemi.

"However, they will never succeed and will soon be wiped off the region forever," Qasemi was quoted as saying by the Foreign Ministry's website.

He also offered condolences to the Iraqi government and people as well as the families of the victims.

At least three people were killed and 11 others wounded in a car bomb explosion near a restaurant on Thursday in the west of the city of Mosul, the capital of Iraq's northern province of Nineveh.