Shooting at Iran's parliament, many injured

Major world news agencies reported shootings in Iran's capital Tehran.

Inside the meeting room of the Iranian Parliament - Photo: AFP

Iran's Fars and Mehr news agencies reported a shooting at the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran.

According to Fars and Mehr, a man stormed the Iranian Parliament and started shooting at the guards. He shot one of the guards in the leg and ran away.

Meanwhile, Tasnim news agency reported that shooting continued at the Iranian Parliament and one security guard was injured.

Reuters news agency reported another shooting at the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini Mausoleum in southern Tehran, injuring many people.

Information is still quite vague.

Reuters news agency said unidentified armed elements carried out at least two attacks.

MP Elias Hazrati said at least three men armed with AK-47s and pistols stormed the Iranian parliament.

Iran's state news agency ISNA said all entrances and doors in parliament had been slammed shut. Security forces had surrounded one of the three attackers.

According to Fars news agency, at the same time as the attack in the capital Tehran, another suicide bomber also carried out an attack on the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini. The motive behind the two attacks remains unclear.

According to TTO