Iranian media are reporting two separate shooting incidents at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.
-- An Iranian official says 12 people have been killed in twin attacks on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine. The head of Iran's emergency department, Pir Hossein Kolivand, said 39 people were also wounded in the attacks in Tehran, and rescue operations were continuing.
-- The extremist Sunni group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the June 7 attacks in the capital of predominantly Shi'ite Iran, the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency said.
*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Tehran (GMT +4 1/2)
Iranian news agencies have posted a graphic picture of a body part, appears to be his head, of one of the attackers at the Khomeini shrine. We will not share it here.
This just in via Reuters: ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK AT IRANIAN PARLIAMENT AND KHOMEINI'S SHRINE- GROUP'S NEWS AGENCY
Health ministry says injured have been transferred to five hospitals.
Another video from around the parliament:
