Several wounded in attacks on Iran parliament

At least one gunman opened fire inside the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday, wounding several people, State media reported.

There were mixed reports, with some local news agencies reporting there was a single shooter inside the Tehran parliamentary complex and others saying there were three men armed with rifles and a pistol.

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State broadcaster IRIB and the Fars news agency said the armed man was inside the mausoleum in southern Tehran, at the same time as reports of attacks inside Iran’s parliament building several kilometres away.