At least 15 shot dead at Iranian shrine
The Islamic State reportedly claimed the attack.
Numerous people were killed in a deadly shooting in Iran tonight.
The attack occurred at the Shah Cheragh shrine, which is holy to Shiite Muslims, in the southwest city of Shiraz. The official Islamic Republic News Agency put the death toll at 15 with an additional 27 injuries as of around 8 p.m. local time.
The Iranian news outlet Tasnim, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that two of the shooters have been detained, while a third remains at large.
What it means: Some Iranian media outlets referred to the assailants as “takfiri,” which refers to apostasy in Islam. The Islamic Republic uses the term to refer to enemy Sunni Islamist groups, such as the Islamic State (IS).
