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ISIS attacks in Tehran could plunge the West Asia into greater turmoil

Iran condemned both Trump and Saudis, calling their arms deal a multi-billion dollar bribe to the US

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Police officers control the scene, around of shrine of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, after an assault of several attackers in Tehran, just outside Tehran, Iran.

Mohammadbagher Forough | The Conversation
Iran experienced its first major ISIS attack on June 7, as armed men and suicide bombers targeted two symbols of the Islamic Republic in Tehran: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum and the Iranian parliament. At least 12 people are reported to have been killed and 42 wounded.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the most powerful force in the country, accused Saudi Arabia of the attacks, saying, “This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the U.S. president (Donald Trump) and the (Saudi) backward leaders who support terrorists. The fact that

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