Several dead in suicide attacks on Iranian parliament and shrine in Tehran

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Gunmen and suicide bombers have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, killing a number of people.

Four gunmen burst into Tehran’s parliament complex with rifles and a pistol, and one of the attackers blew himself up on the fourth floor, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, putting the death toll at three.

Tasnim news agency said unconfirmed sources on the ground were reporting that seven people including a guard had been killed. There were further, unconfirmed reports that a number of MPs had been taken hostage.

It is unclear how the attackers got past security checkpoints to entered the parliament building. Police helicopters were circling over the building, entrance and exit gates were closed, and mobile phone lines from inside were disconnected.

Reporters inside the chamber, where a session had been in progress, were ordered to remain there.

 

Witnesses said the attackers were shooting from the fourth floor of the parliament building down at people in the streets below.

Ebrahim Ghanimi, who was passing by the building when it was attacked, told the Associated Press: “I thought that children were playing with fireworks, but I realised people were hiding and lying down on the streets.”

About half an hour after the initial attack at parliament, three to four people entered the western entrance of Khomeini’s tomb complex and opened fire, before one of the attackers detonated a suicide belt. A security guard and a gardner were reportedly killed, and at least four people injured.

The ILNA agency said security forces were dismantling a bomb at the mausoleum, which is in southern Tehran, about 12 miles from the parliament building.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/shootings-iranian-parliament-khomeini-shrine

[IAMX 3,055]

So what did they accomplish? Too late to figure out no virgins. 

[Dashinka 25,856]

57 minutes ago, IAMX said:

So what did they accomplish? Too late to figure out no virgins. 

Might be a proxy war starting between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

[IAMX 3,055]

45 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Might be a proxy war starting between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

That wouldn't be a surprise. At best Muslim nations have been in perpetual war against other factions/denominations of the same religion. 

 

Muslims are often incompatible with their own people, so it's funny that people think the religion is compatible with western values. Barbarity is clearly the winning formula out there. Secularism and societal advancement have been halted/reversed since half a century ago.

Edited June 7, 2017 by IAMX

[CaliCat 3,957]

 

 

This should give pause to a lot of people who falsely believe that terrorism is only directed at the West, and motivated by religion.

 

[Dashinka 25,856]

43 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

This should give pause to a lot of people who falsely believe that terrorism is only directed at the West, and motivated by religion.

 

Did anyone actually say that? 

[CaliCat 3,957]

44 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Did anyone actually say that? 

 

Not today, I dont think so, but I recall several instances here and elsewhere, where that was the case. 

 

I know it must be jaw dropping to hear it, but yes, such beliefs exist in 2017.

Edited June 7, 2017 by CaliCat

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Most of the terrorism in the world today is religion motivated . Sorry to burst your bubble.

Edited June 7, 2017 by Nature Boy Flair

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2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Most of the terrorism in the world today is religion motivated . Sorry to burst your bubble.

Even this could be construed as such. A fight between the Sunnis and the Shia.

[CaliCat 3,957]

48 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Even this could be construed as such. A fight between the Sunnis and the Shia.

 

As much as every broken watch tells the correct time twice, every day. Yes. 

[IAMX 3,055]

6 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Most of the terrorism in the world today is religion motivated . Sorry to burst your bubble.

And you can tell with how many non-religious terrorist attacks they listed.

 

Virtually zero vs. countless.. y do u blame religion for huh?? 

[Mr&Mrs G. 903]

9 hours ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

This should give pause to a lot of people who falsely believe that terrorism is only directed at the West, and motivated by religion.

 

Israel has been plagued for years, you don't have to be a genius to know it's not only happening in the West.   

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2 hours ago, Mr&Mrs G. said:

Israel has been plagued for years, you don't have to be a genius to know it's not only happening in the West.   

To be fair while there is certainly a degree of religious fanaticism involved(many of the Palestinians simply hate Jews) this is by and large a territorial dispute. That said, while not geographically, Israel is considered a part of the "western world" in most ways.

Edited June 8, 2017 by OriZ

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3 minutes ago, OriZ said:

To be fair while there is certainly a degree of religious fanaticism involved(many of the Palestinians simply hate Jews) this is by and large a territorial dispute. That said, while not geographically, Israel is considered a part of the "west" in most ways.

Does Israel still compete in Eurovision?

 

 

 

[OriZ 3,165]

6 hours ago, Boiler said:

Does Israel still compete in Eurovision?

 

 

 

Yup.