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This is the terrifying moment an ISIS gunman stormed Iran’s parliament building in an attack with left 17 dead and several others wounded.
CCTV footage showed people running and seeking cover as the gunmen strode through parliament’s halls, firing their weapons and hitting at least one person.
Attackers also raided the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in what was the terror group’s first ever strike at the heart of the Islamic Republic.
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This is the terrifying moment an ISIS gunman stormed Iran’s parliament building in an attack with left 17 dead
CCTV footage showed people running and seeking cover as the gunmen strode through parliament’s halls
Attackers also raided the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in what was the terror group’s first ever strike in Iran
Iran’s intelligence ministry today announced it had arrested more suspects linked to the attacks on top of six Iranians detained yesterday
Iran’s intelligence ministry today announced it had arrested more suspects linked to the attacks on top of six Iranians, including one woman, detained on Wednesday.
branded US President reaction to the slaughter ‘repugnant’ after he claimed the nation was reaping what it sows.
The country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards have accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement.
Iran’s intelligence ministry said five of attackers who died in the assault had been identified as Iranians who had joined ISIS on their main battlegrounds in Iraq and Syria.
‘They earlier left Iran and were involved in the crimes of the terrorist group in Raqqa and Mosul,’ the ministry said in a statement on state news agency IRNA.
It added: ‘Last year, they returned to Iran …to carry out terrorist attacks in the holy cities of Iran.’
Iranian police officers move in on Iran’s parliament building after gunmen opened fire inside
The country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards have accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement
Iran’s intelligence ministry said five of attackers who died in the assault had been identified as Iranians who had joined ISIS
There is now a heavy police presence across Tehran, particularly in the capital’s busy squares
The attacks were the first ISIS fighters inside tightly controlled Iran, one of the powers leading the fight against the militants in Iraq and Syria
The attacks were the first ISIS fighters inside tightly controlled Iran, one of the powers leading the fight against the militants in Iraq and Syria.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said on of the wounded people had died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 17, two of whom were women.
There is now a heavy police presence across Tehran, particularly in the capital’s busy squares.
Trump said the US would ‘grieve and pray’ for the victims, but added: ‘We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.’
That was condemned by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who tweeted: ‘Repugnant WH (White House) statement…as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.’
The six attackers were Iranians who had joined ISIS, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Reza Seifollahi, said on state TV.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who tweeted: ‘Repugnant WH (White House) statement…as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients’
YEAH, YOU: Trump’s unusually pointed statement followed a kinder sentence about praying for the Iranian people
Donald Trump let his sarcasm fly on Wednesday, lecturing Iran’s leaders after an ISIS attack by saying they back terrorists themselves
The spokesman for Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C.tweeted: ‘Exactly.’
ISIS claimed its first ever terror attack in Iran on Wednesday after fighters stormed parliament and attacked a shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini (pictured, images released by the terror group claiming to show a fighter inside parliament)
While ministers continued sitting inside the main chamber, government workers were rushed from the building as security services engaged jihadis in a gun battle several floors above
In Wednesday’s statement, Trump wrote: ‘We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are going through such challenging times.’
But it then continued: ‘We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.’
Aaron Sagui, a spokesman for Israel’s embassy in Washington, quoted that last sentence and tweeted: ‘Exactly.’
Trump’s comments also brought criticism from Iranians on social media, who recalled their government’s offers of support and google the candlelight vigils held in Iran after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.
‘Iranians lit candles for you on 9/11.You kick them while they’re down. Classy,’ tweeted Ali Ghezelbash, an Iranian business analyst.
Security surrounded parliament as oine jihadi blew himself up inside parliament while another three were shot dead
Anti-terror police exchanged fire with the attackers in a northern part of the building before a suicide bomb detonated on the fourth floor (pictured, the attackers)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blamed for the attack, saying: ‘This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the Saudi backward leaders who support terrorists.
‘The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that they [Saudi Arabia] were involved in the brutal attack.’
ISIS earlier said fighters armed with AK47s and pistols stormed parliament through the civilian entrance while disguising themselves as women by wearing burkas, shooting security guards before detonating a suicide bomb, killing at least five and wounding 25.
The State Department condemned the deadly twin attacks, with spokeswoman Heather Nauert saying ‘the depravity of terrorism has no place in a peaceful, civilized world.’
Official American statements of solidarity with the victims are notable because of the deep distrust between the US and Iran.
The two countries don’t maintain diplomatic relations and the Trump administration has emphasized the need to counter Iran’s influence.
Security forces stood guard as women and children were evacuated from the windows of the lower floors to rescuers below.Four jihadi fighters got into parliament through the visitor door while disguised as women in burkas before filming part of their rampage inside, including the body of a government worker
The distrust of Iran was evident on Wednesday when shortly after the condemnation, Republicans and Democrats in Congress acted in a procedural vote to move forward on a new set of sanctions.The strong bipartisan vote was 92-7.
The bill would impose mandatory sanctions on people involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program and anyone who does business with them. The measure also would apply terrorism sanctions to the country’s Revolutionary Guards and enforce an arms embargo.
A few senators pleaded for a delay until next week in the previously scheduled vote in light of the attacks in Iran.
‘Let us tell the people of Iran that while we have serious disagreements with them on a number of issues, that today when they are mourning, when they are dealing with the shock of a terrorist attack, today is not the day to go forward with this piece of legislation,’ said Vermont’s independent liberal senator Bernie Sanders.
Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy also pushed for a delay, but Republicans and Democrats pressed ahead.
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