• Members of Iranian forces and people take cover during a gun attack at the parliament’s building in central Tehran. Tima via Reuters
    Members of Iranian forces and people take cover during a gun attack at the parliament’s building in central Tehran. Tima via Reuters
  • The body of a terrorist, at background left, lies on the ground while police control the scene at the shine of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    The body of a terrorist, at background left, lies on the ground while police control the scene at the shine of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • An armed man looks out of a window in Tehran’s parliament building. Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency via AP
    An armed man looks out of a window in Tehran’s parliament building. Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency via AP
  • Iranian police run towards the parliament building. Ali Khara / EPA
    Iranian police run towards the parliament building. Ali Khara / EPA
  • Armed men gesture out of the window. Omid Wahabzadeh / EPA
    Armed men gesture out of the window. Omid Wahabzadeh / EPA
  • Iranian policemen help civilians escape out the parliament building fleeing. Omid Wahabzadeh / EPA
    Iranian policemen help civilians escape out the parliament building fleeing. Omid Wahabzadeh / EPA
  • Smoke is seen rising in the air during the attack on Iran’s parliament building. Tima via Reuters
    Smoke is seen rising in the air during the attack on Iran’s parliament building. Tima via Reuters
  • Iranian soldiers stand near parliament building during an attack in Tehran. Hossein Mersadi / EPA
    Iranian soldiers stand near parliament building during an attack in Tehran. Hossein Mersadi / EPA
  • An image grab taken from AFP TV shows the scene outside the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the bomb attack. AFP TV
    An image grab taken from AFP TV shows the scene outside the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the bomb attack. AFP TV
  • Members of Iranian forces hold their position. Omid Vahabzadeh / Tima via Reuters
    Members of Iranian forces hold their position. Omid Vahabzadeh / Tima via Reuters
  • A policeman clings on to the parliament building as he checks for the assailants in the next room. Omid Vahabzadeh / Tima via Reuters
    A policeman clings on to the parliament building as he checks for the assailants in the next room. Omid Vahabzadeh / Tima via Reuters
  • Members of Iranian civil defence run during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
    Members of Iranian civil defence run during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
  • A man takes cover during the attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
    A man takes cover during the attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
  • A boy is evacuated during the attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
    A boy is evacuated during the attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran. Tasnim News Agency / Handout via Reuters
  • Iranian policemen are deployed inside the parliament building to protect Iranian lawmakers during an attack in Tehran. EPA
    Iranian policemen are deployed inside the parliament building to protect Iranian lawmakers during an attack in Tehran. EPA

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Gunmen carry out attacks on Iran parliament and Khomeini shrine - in pictures

Jake Badger

June 07, 2017

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Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out coordinated attacks on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.

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