Live Blog: Iran Reacts As Parliament, Khomeini Shrine Attacked (CLOSED)

Police and ambulances rushed to the Iranian parliament in Teheran, after reports that gunmen had opened fire inside the building. Another armed attack took place at the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum in the south of the city. (Reuters)

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A large crowd outside the parliament. These kind of attacks have been extremely rare in Iran in recent years.

Iranian news agencies have posted a graphic picture of a body part, appears to be his head, of one of the attackers at the Khomeini shrine. We will not share it here.

This just in via Reuters: ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK AT IRANIAN PARLIAMENT AND KHOMEINI'S SHRINE- GROUP'S NEWS AGENCY

Health ministry says injured have been transferred to five hospitals.

Another video from around the parliament:

ISNA reports that the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari has joined lawmakers in the parliament building.

Health ministry official tells IRNA news agency that 35 injured in the shootings have been transferred to a hospital. One of the injured died.

Picture of snipers around the parliament's building: