Iran’s parliament, Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum come under attack

Snipers deployed outside the Iranian Parliament during an armed attack, June 7, 2017 (By Tasnim)
Tehran MP Elias Hazrati has said that the assailants were armed with Kalashnikovs and handguns.

According to lawmaker Mehdi Kiaee, the situation is under control inside the parliament, while security forces are working to restore calm there.
As seen in the footage below, Anti-Terror Special Forces have been deployed to the Majlis.

Tasnim said in an update that the hostage rescue team of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has arrested two “terrorists” in the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum.

The IRGC hostage rescue forces also killed one assailant at the parliament, according to Tasnim.

An Interior Ministry source said a suicide bomber has blown himself up on the fourth floor of the parliament building, where he was holed up.

None of the lawmakers have been harmed in the attack, which hit the parliament’s center for public meetings.

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