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| Iran shootings: Parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked | Iran shootings: Parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked |
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| Armed men have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, Iranian media report. | Armed men have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, Iranian media report. |
| At least one gunman fired shots inside parliament, wounding a guard, news agencies said. There are conflicting reports of other people hurt. | At least one gunman fired shots inside parliament, wounding a guard, news agencies said. There are conflicting reports of other people hurt. |
| An attack at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the modern republic, has caused several injuries. | |
| Fars news agency says three armed men raided the shrine in southern Tehran. | |
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| Two of the assailants shot at visitors, while the third "detonated himself in a suicide attack", the semi-official news agency said. | |
| A witness told Reuters news agency that the incident at parliament was over. | |
| Security forces had massed inside and outside the building, the witness said. | Security forces had massed inside and outside the building, the witness said. |
| Iran's IRIB news agency quoted an MP as saying there were a number of attackers at the parliament building, armed with AK-47 rifles. | |
| "There were three attackers armed with two Kalashnikov rifles and one colt pistol," MP Elyas Hazrati was quoted as saying. | |
| The news agency said two security guards were injured. | |
| The attack at the mausoleum, several kilometres to the south, happened at the same time and appeared to be co-ordinated, reports said. |