Thursday 8 June 2017

Terrified workers flee ISIS gunmen and cower under chairs in CCTV footage taken inside Iran's parliament during twin attacks that killed 17 people.

June 08, 2017 politics news

ISIS killed 17 and wounded many others in the group's first attack on Iranian soil
Stormed parliament complex and the mausoleum of leader Ayatollah Khomeini
Footage showed people running for cover as gunmen strode through parliament
More suspects were arrested today, on top of the six Iranians held on Wednesday

The country's powerful Revolutionary Guards have accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement

This is the terrifying moment an ISIS gunman stormed Iran's parliament building in an attack with left 17 dead and several others wounded.

Iran's intelligence ministry said five of attackers who died in the assault had been identified as Iranians who had joined ISIS

CCTV footage showed people running and seeking cover as the gunmen strode through parliament's halls, firing their weapons and hitting at least one person.

There is now a heavy police presence across Tehran, particularly in the capital's busy squares

Attackers also raided the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in what was the terror group's first ever strike at the heart of the Islamic Republic. The attacks were the first ISIS fighters inside tightly controlled Iran, one of the powers leading the fight against the militants in Iraq and Syria