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Two Terrorist Attacks Hit Tehran

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

takyon writes:

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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Original Submission

• Re:The last refuge of the online coward (Score: 2) by Ezber Bozmak on Wednesday June 07 2017, @11:54PM

  by Ezber Bozmak (764) on Wednesday June 07 2017, @11:54PM (#522326)

  he had no coherent political ideology

  So what?
  Most people do not have a "coherent political ideology."
  Just look at all the fiscally conservative republicans who voted for a guy who said he would provide "health insurance for everyone" and that "the government is going to pay for it." [youtube.com]

  The fact is that Jeremy Christian specifically embraced Don the Con's message of hate towards muslims. No other candidate was selling that message.

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