Attacks in Iran: The Assailants Were Iranians Who Had Joined EI

The attack in Parliament in Tehran, the security forces take a stand.

Never before has the Islamic State group struck Iran. Since yesterday it is therefore stunning. The jihadist organization has claimed the two attacks carried out almost simultaneously against the Iranian Parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Thirteen people were killed and dozens wounded by armed and explosive assailants. The identity of the assailants, all of whom were shot down, became more precise and the authorities rebelled against the reaction of the United States to these attacks.

According to a senior Iranian official, the six assailants are Iranians who had joined the Islamic state group in Syria and Iraq. The deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council did not specify the identity of these people, but said they had joined Daech and so they had come to Iran to commit these two attacks, reports our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi.

The latter came from "some" regions of Iran, according to the deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. An allusion to areas where there are Sunni minorities, notably in Kushistan where there is an Arab minority but also in Sistan and Baluchistan and also in Iranian Kurdistan where Sunni minorities live.

This attack on Wednesday is the first claimed by the jihadist group on Iranian territory. The IE, which had threatened in recent months to strike Iran, a 90% Shiite country, and which brings a strong military support against the IE in Syria and Iraq. The deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has assured that after the attacks, the country will be even more determined to fight terrorist groups, including the group EI and al-Qaeda.

The US position as "disgusting"

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the White House's position as "disgusting" that in a statement said Iran was a victim of those they helped - so terrorist groups - by accusing Tehran directly For supporting the Islamic State group.

Javad Zarif also targeted the new sanctions passed by the US Senate against Iran. "The White House statement and the sanctions of the Senate are repugnant as the Iranians face the terror supported by the Americans' clients," Zarif writes on his Twitter account. The US Senate voted Wednesday to 92 votes to 7 a law that imposes new sanctions on Iran, including "support for acts of international terrorism". However, a vote must be taken at a later date to confirm these new sanctions.