Islamic State Releases Footage Claiming to Show Tehran Attackers

  • 7 years ago

The Islamic State-linked Amaq News agency released footage on June 8 described as showing five men who attacked Tehran the previous day.The June 7 attacks, carried out by suicide bombers and gunmen, targeted Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini. At least 17 were killed and 52 wounded in the first ­major assault IS has claimed in Iran.Fars News reported that Tehran security forces killed all four of the assailants who attacked Parliament, and one of the attackers at the tomb was captured and arrested. Hours after the attack, Fars reported an additional five suspects were in custody.Storyful cannot confirm the role the men in this video played in the Tehran attacks.

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