On June 7, 2017 in Tehran 17 civilians were and 43 wounded when terrorists attacked the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. This was the first terrorist attack in more than a decade. The Islamic state, ISIS claimed the responsibility for these attacks.
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People gathered next to the metro station in front of the Iranian parliament after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
Members of the Iranian Security Forces take position in front of Iran's parliament building after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
People gathered next to the metro station in front of Iran's parliament building a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
A militant has taken position in front of Iran's parliament building after a terrorist attack by ISIS, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
Members of the Iranian Security Forces signaling 4 terrorists remain inside of the Parliament, after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
An Iranian armed man breaks the glass of a window at the Iran's parliament building to transfer people into a safe room, after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
Policemen, Security Forces and firefighters carry a ladder to transfer people into a safe room at Iran's parliament building after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
Two-year-old Emad is being transferred into a room of Iran's parliament building, after a terrorist attack by ISIS in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. That day Emad and his mother were hopeful they would get help to treat his advanced illness-mucopolysaccharidosis.
Iran's parliament building surrounded with smoke after a terrorist attack in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.