Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihmanparast on Thursday condemned assassination of local staff of the Iranian consulate in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran strongly condemned this 'terrorist and inhuman action,' Mihmanparast said. He underlined the need to identify and put on trial the agents involved in the assassination of Syed Abul Hasan, the report said. Mihmanparast also called for better protection of diplomats and diplomatic centers on the basis of international conventions so that such terror acts would not happen any more, according to IRNA. Syed Abul Hasan, director of public relations in the Iranian consulate in Peshawar, was shot dead at Gulbarg area of the city on Thursday morning. 