Iran attacks LIVE: 7 killed, 4 held hostage in parliament; 2 including woman bomber dead at Khomeini shrine

The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that a guard was hit in the leg, and two members of the public were also injured in the shooting.

Armed men launched two attacks in Iran today morning, killing a guard at the parliament in central Tehran and wounding several people at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini a few kilometres south of the city, state media reported.

Lawmaker Elias Hazrati told state television three assailants, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, raided parliament.

Another lawmaker said one of the assailants was surrounded by security forces and all the doors to the building had been closed, ISNA news agency reported.

"I was inside the parliament when shooting happened. Everyone was shocked and scared. I saw two men shooting randomly," said one journalist at the scene, who asked not to be named.

Around half an hour later, an armed man opened fire at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini and wounded a number of people, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

State news agency IRNA quoted an official at the mausoleum as saying that the attacker had blown himself up after shooting at people. The identity and the motivation of the assailant was still unclear, Tasnim said.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini launched the Islamic revolution in 1979.

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

• One of the attackers blew himself up in the 4th floor of the parliament office.
• Two attackers arrested in surrounding areas of Imam Khomeini mausoleum.
• Sources in the parliament told reporters that the terrorist attack has killed seven people so far, while 4 others are being held hostage on the top floors of the building. Security sources have not still confirmed the news.
• The lawmakers have been locked in the parliament's hall.
• Shooting seems to have ended, but the assailants have not been arrested so far.
• Four security guards have been shot in the incident, while one of them have lost his life.
• The attack has been carried out by three gunmen, who are still inside the parliament building. Two of them are armed with AK-47 assault rifles, and the third one has a handgun.
• The four injured at the parliament included two ordinary clients, a service staffer, and the security guard, who is said to have died.
• One of the attackers who targeted Khomeini's tomb was a woman. She blew herself at the famous shrine, says reports from local media.
• Another attacker at the Khomeini shrine dead. Reports say he killed himself by consuming cyanide.
• Rapporteur of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naqavi Hosseini told Tasnim that gunfire still continues, but the security forces have the situation under control.
• Mehdi Kiayee, the head of public relations department of the parliament said that an open session of the parliament is being held in normal conditions.
• All roads to the Parliament in downtown Tehran have been closed.
• Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told reporters that an emergency session of the Tehran Province Security Council is going to be held. He declined to provide more details.
• One of the gunmen who had gotten out of the parliament building had to go back inside after facing a police blockade. Terrorists are now firing shots to the Parliament's outside periphery.

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