Terror hits Tehran
The Islamic State carried out its first strike in Shia-majority Iran, with coordinated attacks at the Parliament and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini
11.00am: Iran media says a man has opened fire inside the Parliament, wounding a security guard
11: 10am: Media says an armed man has barged inside the mausoleum, 20 km from Parliament, with reports of several injuries
11:53am: Parliament session going on normally, broadcasts live on national radio despite attack
11:59am: Suicide bomber detonates at the entrance of the mausoleum
12:15pm: Iran’s interior minister Rahmani Fazli issues an order to hold an extraordinary security session to investigate the incidents
12:20pm: One attacker at Parliament arrested
12:33pm: At least one hostage confirmed in attack on parliament
12:40pm: Two more attackers killed in mausoleum
12:50pm: Two more attackers arrested in surrounding areas of mausoleum
1:10pm: Explosion heard at Parliament
1:20pm: Second suicide bombing at Iran shrine: State TV
1:40pm: Islamic State claims responsibility, the group’s news agency AMAQ says
1:42pm: Head of anti-terrorism department in the Iranian intelligence ministry says they have foiled another terrorist plot and have arrested “a terrorist team” 2:40pm: Iran’s deputy interior minister says Parliament attackers were dressed as women
3:09pm: All terrorists at Iran’s Parliament killed, situation returns to normal, local media reports 3.33pm: 12 killed, 39 wounded in Tehran attacks: Emergency chief