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Suspects arrested following attacks in Tehran

Published: 07 Jun 2017 - 08:29 pm | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 03:49 am
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on June 7, 2017 shows him (C) delivering a speech to Iranian students in the capital Tehran. Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran's parliament and the shrine of it

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on June 7, 2017 shows him (C) delivering a speech to Iranian students in the capital Tehran. Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran's parliament and the shrine of it

AFP

LONDON: Five suspects have been arrested in Tehran, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday, following two attacks that killed at least 12 people.

“After the attack in the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, five suspects were arrested by the police … They are under investigation,” Hossein Sajedinia was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.

(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, editing by Larry King)