Iran Says It Killed Mastermind Of Deadly Attacks On Parliament And Mausoleum

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Iranian police say they have arrested several suspects in their investigation into the attacks on parliament and the tomb of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 revolution against the US -backed shah and is considered the founder of the Islamic republic.

Alavi did not provide further details or offer any evidence.

Authorities have raised the death toll in a pair of Islamic State-claimed attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader to 16 people killed.

At least 13 people were killed in twin attacks on the government building and burial site of Iran's religious leader.

"We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are going through such challenging times", Trump said.

Men in military uniform stand at a window in the Iranian parliament building following an attack on Wednesday in Tehran, Iran. "The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that they (Saudi rulers) were involved in the brutal attack", the statement said.

Hamas also said that, "Our Palestinian nation expects the Islamic and Arab peoples will enjoy security and stability and all efforts must be united in order to deal with the main enemy of the people, which is the Zionist entity".

Fazelian also noted that seven of these terrorist logistic agents were arrested in Fardis while the eighth in Kianmehr, which are both cities of Alborz province.

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The country's Supreme Leader said the attacks will add to the hatred that Iranians harbor toward the USA and Saudi Arabia.

Even as that attack was underway, gunmen and suicide bombers struck outside the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a venerated gathering spot for Shiite faithful on the southern edge of Tehran.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli today condemned the Tehran attacks and said that these actions "will give Iran more determination to redouble its incentives in the ceaseless struggle against terrorist groups, radicalism and violence, as well as eliminate their estate".

Two separate attacks shook Tehran on June 7.

In the wake of Wednesday's attacks, Iran's Revolutionary Guard released a statement accusing the Saudis of being complicit in the attacks.

Iran is a key backer of Assad amid his country's six year long civil war. Iran also has been fiercely opposed to the militant group.

It then added, "We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote". Khomeini led the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Western-backed shah to become Iran's first supreme leader until his death in 1989.

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