Iranian state TV said the Intelligence Ministry had detained 41 suspects in Tehran and the western Kurdish provinces of the country.
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, the yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with Trump's latest efforts to isolate Iran in the region, while bolstering cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday that five of the men involved in the attacks were Iranians who had joined IS.
In a condolence message posted Friday on his official website, Ayatollah Khamenei described the attack "a clear sign of the vicious grudge and enmity of arrogant mercenaries toward the dignified people of Iran, and toward everything that is related to the revolution, to the Islamic Republic, and to its late honorable leader [Imam Khomeini]". Find us on Facebook too!
The two people who attacked a shrine are understood to be an Iranian Kurd and a man whose background is unknown, the security sources said.
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Analysts suggest that the twin attacks in Iran by IS, whose members are largely Sunni, reflect the shrinkage of the group's "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq under diverse pressure from Shiite militias and airstrikes by a US-led coalition. The ISIL terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the fatal attacks in Tehran. Times staff reporter Hennessy-Fiske reported from Beirut.
During the massive funeral ceremony in Tehran after Friday prayers, thousands chanted "Down with the U.S." and "Death to Al-Saud", the Saudi royal family, while carrying the coffins of victims.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Friday called the USA the "international" version of the Islamic State and accused Washington of exchanging democracy for money. The IS media arm Aamaq released a video Thursday evening showing what it claimed was a message from the Tehran attackers.
In the wake of the attacks, Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard also released a statement implying that the USA and Saudi Arabia were to blame. Sunni Saudi Arabia denied any involvement in the attacks.
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