Suicide Bomber Attack Iran Parliament

Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini, state media said Wednesday, with at least two people reported killed.

It was not immediately clear who could be behind the attacks but Iran is a key player in efforts against the Islamic State group in both Syria and Iraq.

A security guard was killed when four gunmen burst into Tehran’s parliament complex, while a gardener was reported dead when several armed assailants entered the grounds of Khomeini’s mausoleum in the south of the city, according to the ISNA news agency.

According to the reports, eight people were seriously injured in the attacks, 

however, the Khomeini’s mausoleum in south Tehran official said “three or four” people had entered via the western entrance and opened fire, killing the gardener and several people injured in the attack, Fars news agency report.

Fars said a female suicide attacker blew herself up outside the shrine and published photos showing the explosion