Two terrorist attacks were simultaneously carried out by five (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ) ISIL terrorists who targeted the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini (may his soul rest in peace) , both in Tehran, on 7 June 2017, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 others wounded.
8 ISIL terrorists are now being tried at a Tehran Revolutionary Court in the presence of their lawyers and families of the victims of the attacks.
Based on the indictment, one of the suspects joined ISIL in a foreign state almost three years ago and returned to Iran last year with weapons, ammunition, and a suicide belt. He was tasked with coordinating terrorist attacks inside the country.
Iranian security forces take position near the country’s parliament building in Tehran during a terrorist attack there on June 7, 2017.
All the suspects present in the first courtroom session were arrested between 7 and 26 June 2017, and they are accused of purchasing, carrying and keeping light, semi-heavy and heavy arms and carrying out terrorist attacks.
A few days after the Tehran Terror attacks, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched 6 missiles at lSIL workshops and centers in Deir Ezzur region of Eastern Syria. This was effectively a bomb-making facility used by the terrorists.
The missile strike was in retaliation for the earlier ISIL twin terror attacks on Tehran.
