PHOTOS: Iranian Parliament and Khomeini Shrine under siege

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Updated On Jun 07, 2017 04:29 pm IST

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An armed man stands at a window of the parliament building in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Several attackers stormed Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killing a security guard and wounding several others. The Islamic State so far has claimed responsibility for attack at Iranian parliament. (AP)

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An armed man stands at a window of the parliament building in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Several attackers stormed Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killing a security guard and wounding several others. The Islamic State so far has claimed responsibility for attack at Iranian parliament. (AP)

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An undercover Iranian policeman (L) holds a weapon outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex. (OMID VAHABZADEH/AFP)

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An undercover Iranian policeman (L) holds a weapon outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex. (OMID VAHABZADEH/AFP)

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Iranian forces and civilians take cover during as gunmen attack the parliament building in central Tehran. (REUTERS)

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Iranian forces and civilians take cover during as gunmen attack the parliament building in central Tehran. (REUTERS)

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Smoke billows during a shooting and suicide explosion at the parliament building in central Tehran. (REUTERS)

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Smoke billows during a shooting and suicide explosion at the parliament building in central Tehran. (REUTERS)

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A man hands a child to a security guard after an assault at the parliament in Tehran. (OMID VAHABZADEH/AP)

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A man hands a child to a security guard after an assault at the parliament in Tehran. (OMID VAHABZADEH/AP)

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Members of Iranian forces take cover during an attack at the Iranian parliament building. (REUTERS)

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Members of Iranian forces take cover during an attack at the Iranian parliament building. (REUTERS)

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The body of a suspected terrorist, at background left, lies on the ground as police control the scene at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

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The body of a suspected terrorist, at background left, lies on the ground as police control the scene at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

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A scene outside the Iranian parliament following an attack on the complex with police and ambulances arriving in response. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

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A scene outside the Iranian parliament following an attack on the complex with police and ambulances arriving in response. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

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File photo taken on February 05, 2009 shows the shrine of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran. An armed man stormed into the mausoleum and shot several people, state media reported as a simultaneous attack took place inside Iran's parliament. (Atta Kenare/AFP File)

Updated on Jun 07, 2017 04:29 pm IST

File photo taken on February 05, 2009 shows the shrine of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran. An armed man stormed into the mausoleum and shot several people, state media reported as a simultaneous attack took place inside Iran's parliament. (Atta Kenare/AFP File)

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FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, shows a general view inside Iran's parliament during the impeachment vote of the Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani, in Tehran, Iran. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File (Vahid Salemi/AP File )

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FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, shows a general view inside Iran's parliament during the impeachment vote of the Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani, in Tehran, Iran. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File (Vahid Salemi/AP File )

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