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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @05:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the nobody-is-safe dept.

Terrorists have attacked the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum and Iranian parliament in two nearly simultaneous incidents:

There have been multiple attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to state media. A woman was arrested after a bomb attack and shooting spree wounded two people at the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum south of the city Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reports. The news agency reported that a second attacker is currently surrounded by security officers.

That attack occurred at the same time as a shooting in the Iranian parliament, in which at least three people were injured after an attacker stormed the building in central Tehran, according to state-run Press TV.

Also at Washington Post, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and Tehran Times.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Arik on Wednesday June 07 2017, @07:57PM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday June 07 2017, @07:57PM (#522174) Journal
    Well clearly they're more about crime and politics than religion at a certain level. These are not a bunch of pious guys, and a bunch of pious guys would never build something like this, no matter what religion. But they can't just shrug off religious arguments like the USA could in the cold war - that Wahhabi theology is just too critical to their ideology, to their recruiting, everything, it's hard to see them ever playing nice with Shiites. If they can't maintain the claim that they are ruling in accordance with Wahhabi theology, then the supply of suicide bombers might see a real sudden drop-off, you know?
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