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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

Iran’s Shiraz shrine comes under second deadly attack in months

Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh shrine in the Fars province capital Shiraz [Mohammadreza Dehdari/ISNA/AFP]

Tehran, Iran – A holy shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz has come under a second deadly attack in less than a year with another gunman breaking into its grounds and opening fire.

Yadollah Bouali, the provincial commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), told state media that one shooter entered the Shah Cheragh shrine through its southern gate on Sunday at 7pm (15:30 GMT) to carry out a “terrorist” operation, revising earlier reports indicating two shooters.

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