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IS Claims Iran Military Parade Attack, No Evidence Provided

Web Desk (September 22, 2018): Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, according to the group’s Amaq news agency.

Amaq said Islamic State fighters had carried out the attack in Ahvaz city. The group provided no evidence for the claim.

Earlier, Iran blames two Gulf states for the attack.

An Iranian military spokesman said the gunmen, who on Saturday attacked a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz were trained by two Gulf Arab states and had ties to the United States and Israel.

“These terrorists were trained and organised by two Gulf countries,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told the official news agency IRNA.“They are not from Daesh (Islamic State) or other groups fighting (Iran´s) Islamic system but they are linked to America and (Israel´s intelligence agency) Mossad.”

The death toll of Military Parade attack in southwestern Iran has reached to 24, while 53 are wounded.

According of the official IRNA news agency reported, two gunmen opened fire on the large crowd of spectators watching the parade in the city of Ahvaz and then attempted to attack the viewing stand for official dignitaries before being shot and wounded by security forces, the semi-official Fars news agency said.

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“The number of dead of the terrorist incident reached 24, some of whom were women and children among the spectators,” IRNA said, adding that the death toll could rise further as many of the wounded were in critical condition.

Earlier, Iranian media reported that at least 10 including members of the Revolutionary Guards, a child and a Journalist were killed and several injured by gunmen, who attacked a military parade in the oil city of Ahvaz on Saturday.

Initial Iranian reports described five gunmen who sprang out from behind the saluting stand in Ahvaz.

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According to later reports, the terrorists clad in Iranian army uniforms rode in on motorbikes and sprayed the marching Guardsmen along the parade before escaping.

“It has been reported that four or five of the elements of the terrorist incident were killed by security and law enforcement forces,” Press TV quoted state-run IRNA news agency as saying.Iran was holding a number of parades in cities including the capital Tehran and the port of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf to mark the start of the country’s 1980-88 war with Iraq.

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