DUBAI: At least five people were killed in IranKhuzestan province in the southwest of the country on Wednesday in what state media described as a terrorist attack.
Iranian state television said 15 others were injured in the attack at the market in the city of Izeh. semi-official ISNA The news agency said two gunmen in a car opened fire on people.
Iran’s Arab minority, mainly living in Khuzestan, joined protests that lasted weeks after the death of a young Iranian woman in custody. Mahsa Amini on September 16.
“Five people were killed in the terrorist attack, including a child, a woman and three men,” the local official said. Valiollah Hayati told state television.
ISNA said two members of Iran’s Basij volunteer militia were among the dead.
Last month, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a temple in the Iranian city. Shiraz 15 people were killed and dozens injured.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said the seminary in Izeh had been set on fire by anti-government protesters. Videos on social media, not verifiable by Reuters, show the building on fire while gunfire can be heard.
Protests erupt after 22-year-old’s death Amini while being held by Iran’s moral police has become one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution.
Iranians continued to protest against the government on Wednesday despite an increasingly severe state crackdown, social media reports showed. Iranian authorities have accused foreign opponents of inciting the unrest to destabilize the Islamic republic.
Iranian state television said 15 others were injured in the attack at the market in the city of Izeh. semi-official ISNA The news agency said two gunmen in a car opened fire on people.
Iran’s Arab minority, mainly living in Khuzestan, joined protests that lasted weeks after the death of a young Iranian woman in custody. Mahsa Amini on September 16.
“Five people were killed in the terrorist attack, including a child, a woman and three men,” the local official said. Valiollah Hayati told state television.
ISNA said two members of Iran’s Basij volunteer militia were among the dead.
Last month, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a temple in the Iranian city. Shiraz 15 people were killed and dozens injured.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said the seminary in Izeh had been set on fire by anti-government protesters. Videos on social media, not verifiable by Reuters, show the building on fire while gunfire can be heard.
Protests erupt after 22-year-old’s death Amini while being held by Iran’s moral police has become one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution.
Iranians continued to protest against the government on Wednesday despite an increasingly severe state crackdown, social media reports showed. Iranian authorities have accused foreign opponents of inciting the unrest to destabilize the Islamic republic.
