Press TV - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says those who have aided and abetted the Daesh terror group are accomplices in twin attacksclaimed by the Takfiri group in the Iranian capital.
In a Wednesday statement, the IRGC condemned the twin terror attacks in Tehranand blamed sponsors of the Takfiri group for the attacks.
The IRGC said the factthat the terrorist attackswere carried out by Daesh just days after US President Donald Trump's meetingwith "the rulers of a regional reactionaryregime," which has been supporting Takfiri terrorists, indicatethat they have a hand in the bestial attacks.
The IRGC said it would retaliate for innocent bloodshed in the attacks and pledged to strongly safeguard the countrys national security.
Earlier on Wednesday, gunmen stormed IransParliament(Majlis)and the mausoleum ofthe late founder of the Islamic RepublicImam Khomeini in two coordinated attacks.
Twelve people werekilled and over 40 others wounded in the assaults.
Separately, Brigadier GeneralHossein Salami, the IRGC's second-in-command (pictured below), vowed that the IRGS would avenge for the attacks.
We will remain steadfast in fighting terrorists and we will surely take revenge on terrorists, their affiliates and their supporters for the blood of the martyrs of todays two terrorist attacks, Salami said.
After the attacks ended, the Interior Ministry issued a statement, elaborating on the terror incidents. According to the statement,the first terror group, comprised of two people, entered the mausoleum at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0500 GMT). The first terrorist blew up his explosives, but the second was killed during firefight with security forces.
Concurrently with the attack at the mausoleum, the second terror team made up of four terroristssought to enter the administrative building of the parliament but were confronted by security forces, the statement said.
The ministry added that one terrorist blew his explosives up while the three others were killed in shootouts during clashes with security forces as they were seeking to reach upper floors of the parliament building.
