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June 9th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Iran’s Minister of Intelligence said that it is too early to say whether or not Saudi Arabia was involved in the twin attacks on the parliament building and the Khomeini shrine in Tehran on Wednesday. 17 were killed and more than 40 were wounded in the attack. The self-proclaimed Islamic State allegedly claimed responsibility.
Iran’s minister of intelligence Mahmoud Alavi visits a man in a hospital in Iran who was injured in the ISIS-claimed twin attacks in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Photo: Iran’s ministey of intelligence
Contrary to a number of prominent Iranian lawmakers, Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi commented on the deadly incident saying: “In this case, since we do not want to make slogans and unsubstantiated remarks, it is early to say that it was from the Saudi Arabia. We cannot yet make a judgement and therefore we are studying the subject.”
Iranian authorities have released the names of five gunmen who were Iranian citizens who allegedly had fought with ISIS in Mosul and Raqqa. No independently verifiable evidence that these persons actually had fought with ISIS was presented to the press. Alavi said that despite the obvious links between the Arab gulf country and terrorism in both Iraq and Syria, Tehran does not have any evidence at this stage that could point to Saudi involvement in the attacks, according to a statement from the ministry.
Earlier on Wednesday, the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGGC) stated that Saudi Arabia and the United States had a hand in the twin attacks that targeted the Iranian parliament in the center of the city, and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also pointed a finger at Riyadh, though he did not call the country by name Wednesday night. “Terror-sponsoring despots threaten to bring the fight to our homeland,” Javad Zarif said in a tweet making reference to an earlier statement from the Saudi deputy prince that they will take the fight into Iranian territories. “Proxies attack what their masters despise most: the seat of democracy,” Zarif added with reference to elections that are held in Iran as opposed to the dynasty rule in Riyadh.
The Saudi Prince – and Defense Minister – Mohammed bin Salman, accused Iran in May of seeking to occupy the Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia. “We won’t wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia. Instead, we’ll work so that the battle is for them in Iran,” the prince said in an interview with an Arab channel.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei downplayed the implications of the attacks, calling the gunmen “fire-crackers” who would have no impact on the will of the people of Iran. President Hassan Rouhani on his part called for a united international fight against global terrorism, extremism and violence. Intelligence Minister Alavi said that the terror threats had intensified against the country in the last month and few days during they arrested groups of two, three or individuals every week.
CH/ L nsnbc 08.06.2017
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