Ahvaz military parade attack
On September 22, 2018, a military parade was attacked in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz.[1][2] It became the deadliest terrorist attack in Iran since 2010.
Both the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz[3] and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[3] claimed responsibility for the attack,[4] while Iran claimed that the United States, Saudi Arabia and Mossad are responsible for the mass shooting.[5]
Events
On September 22, 2018, at 09:00 local time, four gunmen wearing military uniforms as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Basiji (volunteers)[6] began shooting at the parade from a nearby park.[7] 29 people died and 70 were injured.[8] The attack lasted about ten minutes.[7]
References
- ↑ Several Killed as Gunmen Attack Military Parade in Iran: State TV. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/09/22/world/middleeast/22reuters-iran-military-attack.html. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ Several killed, at least 20 injured in attack on military parade in Iran. The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arab Separatist Group Claims Iran Attack. U.S. News & World Report. 22 September 2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-09-22/the-latest-iranian-news-agency-20-wounded-in-parade-attack. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ Saeed Kamali Dehghan (22 September 2018). Terrorists kill Iranian children and soldiers in military parade attack. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/22/elite-iranian-soldiers-killed-in-attack-on-military-parade-revolutionary-guard-ahvaz. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack.
- ↑ CNN, Hilary Clarke, Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hauser. "29 killed in attack on Iranian military parade". CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/22/middleeast/iran-attack-parade-intl/index.html. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Iran military parade attacked by gunmen in Ahvaz. BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ Terrorists Attack Crowd of Bystanders in Military Parades in Southwestern Iran. Farsnews (English). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
