Gunmen attack Iran Parliament, Khomeini mausoleum; guard killed

Armed men launched two attacks in Iran’s capital Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing a guard in Parliament and injuring several people in the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of the city, the state media reported.

Lawmaker Elias Hazrati said three assailants, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, raided Parliament, according to the state television website.

ISNA news agency quoted a member of Parliament as saying that all the doors of the House were shut and one of the assailants was surrounded by security forces.

In the mausoleum incident, ISNA quoted an unnamed source as saying that the attacker at the mausoleum had blown himself up after opening fire and injuring many people. The identity and the motivation of the assailant was still unclear.