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Twelve people were killed in twin attacks on Iran's parliament complex and the shrine of its revolutionary leader claimed by the ISIS today, its emergency services chief said. A total of 39 people were wounded in the two attacks, and rescue operations are continuing, Pir Hossein Kolivand said.
A security guard and one other person were killed when four gunmen burst into Tehran's parliament complex with rifles and a pistol, according to the ISNA news agency.
One of the attackers blew himself up on the fourth floor of the parliament office building.
A gardener was reported dead and several more injured when armed assailants entered the grounds of Khomeini's mausoleum.
A female suicide bomber blew herself up outside the shrine while another woman was arrested carrying six grenades, according to the Mizanonline news agency. A little while later, a second suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the mausoleum.