MOSCOW, Aug 13 Shakhcherakh mosque in the Iranian city of Shiraz has grown to seven, said Yadollah Bueli, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite units of the Armed Forces) in the Iranian province of Fars.
Earlier, Iranian media reported five injured and four dead.
«» The security of the mosque has been restored, one of the attackers has been detained. So far, as a result of the terrorist attack, seven people have been injured, and another person has died,» IRNA quoted Bueli as saying. four people died. However, as Bueli noted, only one person died as a result of the attack. This information was also confirmed by the governor of Fars province, Mohammad-Hadi Imaniye.
According to the Tasnim agency, one of the attackers was shot dead by law enforcement forces, the second attacker fled, and prosecution is underway.
This is the second terrorist attack in Iran Shahcherakh mosques. The previous terrorist attack was committed in Shiraz in the fall of 2022.