(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Attackers raided Iran’s parliament and set off a suicide bomb at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran today (07), killing up to seven people in a twin assault at the heart of the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported.
At least four attackers were killed, local media reported. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said security forces had arrested a “terrorist team” planning a third attack, without giving further details.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement. A security guard and one other person were killed when four gunmen burst into Tehran’s parliament complex, according to the ISNA news agency. A gardener was reported dead and several more injured when armed assailants entered the grounds of Ruhollah Khomeini mausoleum in the south of the city.
