12 dead in Iran: IS claims responsibility for attacks on parliament, shrine

The violence comes as Iranian security forces are involved in offensives against the jihadist group

Islamic State claimed its first attack in Iran, as suicide bombers and gunmen struck at the heart of the country’s political and religious establishment on Wednesday.
 
Assailants entered the Parliament building in Tehran and the shrine of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to the south of the city.
 
Twelve people were killed and 42 injured in the simultaneous attacks, state-run Press TV said. Fars news agency said the two incidents, which lasted for several hours, were over. The Sunni extremist group Islamic State claimed both attacks using its Amaq News Agency, saying they were carried out