Police patrol outside Iran's parliament building after an assault by several attackers that was claimed by the Islamic State group, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader, killing at least 12 ...
Police patrol outside Iran's parliament building after an assault by several attackers that was claimed by the Islamic State group, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader, killing at least 12 ...
TOKYO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday condemned the terror attacks in Tehran a day earlier and sent a message of condolences to Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. As well as expressing his condolences, the Japanese leader expressed solidarity with the Iranian ...
Police officers control the scene, around of shrine of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, after an assault by several attackers in Tehran, just outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Suicide bombers and gunmen stormed into Iran's parliament and targeted the shrine of ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Five of the men who launched an attack in the heart of Iran's capital previously fought for the Islamic State group, the country's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday, acknowledging the first such assault by the extremists in the Shiite power. The attacks Wednesday on Iran's ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Iran has slammed US President Donald Trump's response to Wednesday's twin terror attacks in Tehran as "repugnant", as the death toll from the ISIS-claimed assaults rose to 16./ "Repugnant WH (White House) ...
Police officers stand outside Iran's parliament building following an attack by several gunmen, June 7, 2017 in Tehran, Iran./ -- Police increased their patrols in the streets and subway stations of Tehran on Thursday, a day after a pair of stunning and the tomb of its revolutionary leader ...
Members of Iranian forces take position during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017. Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA/ Iran said on Thursday that gunmen and bombers who attacked Tehran were Iranian members of Islamic State who had fought in the militants' strongholds in ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ The attackers targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran's parliament on Wednesday Iran's foreign minister has denounced as "repugnant" a White House statement on Wednesday's ...
A top Iranian official on Thursday rejected President Trump’s condolences after a pair of terror attacks in Tehran, saying, "Iranian people reject such U.S. claims of friendship.”/ that Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, called the White House’s statement “repugnant.” ISIS claimed ...
Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?/ on Wednesday, attacking the country's parliament building and the shrine dedicated to revolutionary Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. At ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on attacks in Iran's parliament building and the mausoleum of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (all times local): Australia's foreign minister has condemned two attacks Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in ...
An Iranian security official says the assailants in on Iran's parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader Wednesday were Iranian nationals. The website of independent Shargh daily quoted Reza Seifollahi, an official in the country's Supreme National Security Council, as saying the ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ After hours of intermittent gunfire around parliament, officials said all the attackers were dead Iran says the attackers who killed 12 people in the capital Tehran were Iranians who ...
Iran vowed quick revenge after ISIS suicide bombers and gunmen stormed parliament and the mausoleum of the country’s revered spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killing 13 people and injuring 41./ That revenge is likely to be swift and brutal based on the response to past terror ...
statement/ Islamic State said in a statement on Wednesday that five of its fighters were responsible for a raid on Iran's parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini, using assault rifles, grenades, and suicide vests, and killing and injuring almost 60 people before dying. The Sunni militant ...
Police officers run to take position around Iran's parliament building after an assault of several attackers, in Tehran. State TV reports several attackers stormed into Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing a security ...
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 at the Ayatollah Khomeini shrine south of the city Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reports./ The news agency reported that a ...
An Iranian soldier stands guard in front of the shrine of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini (Reuters)/ Authorities in Tehran responded Wednesday to a pair of attacks across the city that took place at the country's parliament building and a shrine for the country's ...
A man opened fire in the Iranian parliament today and injured a guard, Iran media reported./ As per the initial reports, two civilians, one security officer were injured in the shooting./ In another attack, an armed man opened fire at the Ayatollah Khomeini's/ NEW DELHI: At least three gunmen on ...
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack in the Iranian capital of Tehran, targeting Parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini. Rough cut (no reporter narration)./ ROUGH CUT. NO REPORTER NARRATION. Islamic State claimed responsibility for attacks on Iran's parliament and ...
Near simultaneous terror attacks on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of former leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini could set off a new round of hostilities in a tense Middle East. At least 12 people were killed and another 42 wounded in Wednesday’s brazen strikes by machine-gun-wielding assailants ...
Attack comes amid escalating tensions over Qatar, Syria/ Photographer: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images/ Iran vowed to take revenge for Islamic State attacks in its capital on Wednesday and hinted that it may hold Saudi Arabia responsible, risking an escalation of the feud that’s ...
Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard implied Saudi Arabia and the U.S. were behind attacks on the capital Wednesday that killed at least a dozen people and injured 42. “These attacks happened one week after the joint meeting of the American president and one of the reactionary rulers of ...
Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the legislature that ended with four attackers dead. The Islamic State group claimed the attacks, marking ...
- The Latest on attacks in Iran's parliament building and the shrine of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (all times local): Iran's Powerful Revolutionary Guard is indirectly blaming Saudi Arabia for the twin terrorist attacks in Tehran./ The statement Wednesday evening stops short of alleging ...
Attackers raided Iran's parliament and set off a suicide bomb at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday, killing up to seven people in a twin assault at the heart of the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said security forces had ...
A man hands a child to a security guard at Parliament building during the assault on Wednesday.AP/ Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s Parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing at least 12 persons, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the ...
Death toll rises to 16 as officials condemn remarks by U.S. president/ A police officer stands guard as vehicles drive in front of Iran's parliament building in Tehran, on Thursday. (Vahid Salemi/Associated Press)/ Iran's Intelligence Ministry confirmed on Thursday that five of the men involved ...
The US Senate is due to vote this week on bipartisan which would expand the sanctions against Iran for its ballistic missile programme, human rights abuses, and support for terrorism and illegal arms transfers. The procedural vote is due to happen on Wednesday and the final vote is due on ...
that would impose new sanctions on Iran. The bill advanced on a procedural vote Wednesday. It now will be available for amendments before a final Senate vote. The bill would impose mandatory sanctions on people involved in Iran's ballistic missile program and those who do business with them. It ...
Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Iran’s parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, killing at least 12 people./ External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday and condemned the terrorist attacks on the institution of ...
crackers will not have the slightest effect on the will of the people," Iran's supreme leader said./ The country's powerful Revolutionary Guards vowed revenge and claimed the US and Saudi Arabia were "involved"./ President Hassan Rouhani called for global unity against violent extremism./ ...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (FILE PHOTO) | Photo Credit:/ Iran’s Foreign Minister on Thursday rejected United States’ statement about the attacks on Iran’s Parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader. In a tweet, Mohammad Javad Zarif called the comments on the attack in ...
Armed men on Wednesday launched simultaneous attacks in Iran's capital Tehran, killing two people at the parliament building and wounding several others in the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in south of the city, state media reported. Heavy gunfire could be heard outside the chamber of the ...
Generate Enquiries for your Business by Listing on Economictimes.com/ is condemning what it calls "terrorist attacks" in the Iranian capital of Tehran. says the U.S. is sending thoughts and prayers to the Iranian 's parliament and the mausoleum of its modern founder. Nauert says the U.S. is ...
US Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the Senate to delay voting on an anti-Iran sanctions bill to protect the 2015 nuclear deal and show solidarity with Iranians in the wake of Wednesday's terror attacks in Tehran. Senators were preparing to vote for a bill that introduces more sanctions against ...
Senior politicians from various countries condemned the terrorist attacks in Tehran claimed by the ISIS terrorist group that killed at least 12 people. France's foreign ministry, issued a statement on June 7, and strongly condemned the attacks that targeted the Iranian parliament and the Imam ...
Considering the recent developments in the region, Turkey and Iran need major consultations, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Turkish journalists in Ankara June 7. What has happened in the region causes concern, he said, adding, “Today, the region suffers from terrorism and ...
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Umm Hudaifa, the first wife of the late IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is now in prison in Iraq/ In a rare interview from prison, a widow of the Islamic State group’s leader has shared her account of their life. Umm Hudaifa was the first wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was married to him while ...
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