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GUNMEN and suicide bombers killed 12 people in attacks on the Iranian parliament and the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini yesterday.
Isis quickly claimed responsibility for the twin attacks in Tehran, but the communist Tudeh Party attributed responsibility to the US, Saudi Arabia and their regional allies.
Gunmen dressed as women stormed the parliament building in the morning as MPs were in session. One detonated a suicide vest and three others were shot dead by security forces after a siege lasting several hours.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
