Iranian Parliament on Wednesday, wounding several people, State media reported. News agencies ISNA and Fars said three people had been shot, including at least one security guard.

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One killed, five injured at shooting spree at Khomeini shrine

One killed, five injured at shooting spree at Khomeini shrine

Iran's State media has reported unconfirmed reports that one attacker has been arrested outside the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini.

Two assailants arrested at South Tehran Imam Khomeini shrine shooting incident, after suicide bomber detonates vest, according to State media reports.

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After one man blew himself up outside the site of the Ayatollah Khomeini's tomb, officials were quoted by the State-run news agencies as saying one explosive device was defused near the shrine on Wednesday morning.

Footage from Imam Khomeini's shrine where a shootout took place on Wednesday

After twin shootouts hit Iran's capital city Tehran on Wednesday, a security guard has been killed, the State-run Tasnim news agency reported. It also said a bullet was fired towards journalists covering the incident.

After gunmen stormed Iran Parliament and a suicide bomber blew himself up outside Ruhollah Khomeini's tomb, a third attack has been reported, from the Imam Khomeini metro station.

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First images of the suicide bombing at Tehran's Khomeini Mausoleum

Iranian Parliament’s cultural and public relations director, General Mahdi Kiaie, said security forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are controlling the situation. He added that a public session is underway in the Parliament building.

Though the scheduled Iranian Parliament session for the day is underway on Wednesday, gunfire is still continuing to be heard, two hours after the shooting started.

It's not clear yet if the assailants had been able to enter the actual Khomeini mausoleum. But the capital city of Tehran has been put on lockdown, with streets blocked and the metro closed, and journalists kept away from the shrine by police.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has shot dead one armed terrorist at the Parliament in Tehran. The government's intelligence ministry confirmed the report, and said, "One terrorist team dismantled before carrying out attacks."

Following the twin blasts that rocked Tehran, Iran's Security Council has started an emergency meeting, to discuss the incident. An official with the Council Ali-Reza Mahdavi Shahroodi said that the meeting is held to examine.

One bomber shot dead before detonating vest, another blows self up at Imam's mausoleum: Iran Intelligence Ministry.

"Fighters from the Islamic State attacked the Khomeini mausoleum and the parliament building in Tehran," the agency said, citing a "security source."

The Islamic State group claimed twin attacks in the Iranian capital on Wednesday targetting parliament and the shrine of the country's revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini, the Amaq propaganda agency said.

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At least one gunman opened fire inside the Iranian Parliament 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.

News agencies ISNA and Fars said three people had been shot, including at least one security guard.

Furthermore, an armed man burst into the mausoleum of Iranian revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini and shot several people, State media reported.

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 several kilometres away.