Seven dead in dual attacks on Iran, ISIS claims responsibility (updated)

Armed men launched two attacks in Iran’s capital on Wednesday morning, killing seven persons, state media reports.

The two attacks happened almost simultaneously.

Lawmaker Elias Hazrati said three assailants, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, raided parliament, according to the state television website.

ISNA news agency quoted a member of the parliament as saying that all the parliament doors were shut and one of the assailants was surrounded by the security forces.

In a separate incident, an armed man opened fire at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran.

Ayatollah Khomeini launched the Islamic revolution in 1979.

ISNA quoted an unnamed source as saying that the attacker at the mausoleum had blown himself up.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks, the group’s state news agency AMAQ said.

“Fighters from Islamic state attacked Khomeini’s shrine and the Iranian parliament in Tehran,” the news agency said.