Attack on shrine of late Iranian leader; one dead

Описание: (7 Jun 2017) Several attackers stormed into Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing a security guard and wounding 12 other people in rare twin attacks, with the shooting at the legislature still underway.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks or if they were coordinated.
The unusual attacks in Iran's capital, Tehran, prompted the Interior Ministry to call for an urgent security meeting, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
State TV said a security guard was killed and four people wounded in the shrine attack.
It said one of the attackers at the shrine was killed by security guards and that a woman was arrested.
It described the shrine attackers as "terrorists" and said one carried out a suicide bombing, without providing further details.
In addition to being lethal, the attack on the shrine of Khomeini is symbolically stunning.
As Iran's first Supreme Leader, Khomeini is a towering figure in the country and was its revolutionary leader in the 1979 ouster of the shah.
Sunni extremists, including the Islamic State group, despise Shiite-majority Iran and are at war with Tehran's proxies in Syria and Iraq.
Iran has also come under attack in the past by Arab insurgents.
No one immediately claimed Wednesday's attacks.

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