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The 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks that occurred on 7 June 2017 that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 wounded.
In a press statement, the PPP Chairman said that these terrorist attacks were threats to peace in the entire region and expressed solidarity with the families of victims and the people of Iran. [61] Qatar: Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Tehran terrorist attacks in a statement and declared that Doha opposes violence and criminal acts. [62]
On 18 June 2017, under Operation Laylat al-Qadr (Persian: عملیات لیلةالقدر), [6] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired six surface-to-surface mid-range ballistic missile from domestic bases targeting ISIL forces in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor Governorate in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran earlier that month. [7]
June 7 – Terrorist attacks in Tehran leaves eighteen civilians killed and fifty-two others injured, with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group claiming responsibility. June 9 – Official state funeral for victims of the Tehran attacks is held and attended by multiple Iranian officials.
Ballistic missiles fired by Iran caused explosions near the U.S. consulate and a U.S. military facility after a missile struck Erbil in northern Iraq, officials said Monday.
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with ...
JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) -A 38-year-old Gazan, the only known fatality in Iran's missile attack against Israel, was buried on Wednesday. Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali had been staying in a ...