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On 22 September 2018, a [[military parade]] was attacked in the southwestern [[Iran]]ian city of [[Ahvaz]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=Several Killed as Gunmen Attack Military Parade in Iran: State TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/09/22/world/middleeast/22reuters-iran-military-attack.html |agency=Reuters |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web |title=Several killed, at least 20 injured in attack on military parade in Iran |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/several-killed-at-least-20-injured-in-attack-on-military-parade-in-iran/2018/09/22/ec016b97-a889-4a7d-b402-479bd6858e0a_story.html |website=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref> Both the [[Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz]]<ref name=usw01>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-09-22/the-latest-iranian-news-agency-20-wounded-in-parade-attack|title=Arab Separatist Group Claims Iran Attack|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=22 September 2018|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref> and the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=usw01/> claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/22/elite-iranian-soldiers-killed-in-attack-on-military-parade-revolutionary-guard-ahvaz|title=Terrorists kill Iranian children and soldiers in military parade attack|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan |date=22 September 2018|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref>
On 22 September 2018, a [[military parade]] was attacked in the southwestern [[Iran]]ian city of [[Ahvaz]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=Several Killed as Gunmen Attack Military Parade in Iran: State TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/09/22/world/middleeast/22reuters-iran-military-attack.html |agency=Reuters |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web |title=Several killed, at least 20 injured in attack on military parade in Iran |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/several-killed-at-least-20-injured-in-attack-on-military-parade-in-iran/2018/09/22/ec016b97-a889-4a7d-b402-479bd6858e0a_story.html |website=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref> Both the [[Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz]]<ref name=usw01>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-09-22/the-latest-iranian-news-agency-20-wounded-in-parade-attack|title=Arab Separatist Group Claims Iran Attack|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=22 September 2018|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref> and the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=usw01/> claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/22/elite-iranian-soldiers-killed-in-attack-on-military-parade-revolutionary-guard-ahvaz|title=Terrorists kill Iranian children and soldiers in military parade attack|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan |date=22 September 2018|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref>

Iran claims that [[USA]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Mossad]] are responsible for the attack <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|title=Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack}}</ref>
Iran claims that [[USA]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Mossad]] are responsible for the attack <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|title=Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack}}</ref>


Revision as of 21:28, 23 September 2018

2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
LocationAhvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Coordinates31°20′8″N 48°38′38″E / 31.33556°N 48.64389°E / 31.33556; 48.64389
Date22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)
09:00—09:10 (IRST)
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths29 (25 victims, 4 attackers)
Injured70
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (claimed responsibility)[1][2]
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz/Ahvaz National Resistance (claimed responsibility)[3]
No. of participants
4
Ahvaz military parade attack is located in Iran
Ahvaz military parade attack
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Site of attack on a map of Iran

On 22 September 2018, a military parade was attacked in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz.[4][5] Both the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz[3] and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[3] claimed responsibility for the attack.[6]

Iran claims that USA, Saudi Arabia and Mossad are responsible for the attack [7]

Attack

The annual parade was a part of the annual commemoration, known as the Sacred Defence Week, of the start in 1980 of the Iran–Iraq War. It included Revolutionary Guards marching along Quds, or Jerusalem, Boulevard in Ahvaz.[4][8][9]

On 22 September 2018, at 09:00 local time, four gunmen wearing military uniforms disguised as Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Basiji (volunteers)[10] began shooting at the parade from a nearby park.[11] According to Fars News Agency, "The attackers fired at civilians and attempted to attack military officials on the podium."[12] The attack lasted about ten minutes.[11]

Casualties

Assailants

According to the local deputy governor, Ali Hosein Hoseinzadeh, two gunmen were killed by security forces and the other two were arrested.[11] International media reported that all four assailants were killed.[13][11]

Civilians and soldiers

At least 29 people, including several soldiers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were killed and 70 others including children wounded.[14][15][16] Many were taken to hospital in critical condition, while the death toll was expected to rise.[17]

Responsibility

The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA) were the first to claim responsibility for the terrorist attack,[3] Yaqoob Al-Ahvaz (Yaghub Hur Totsari,[18] Yagoub Hor Altasteri[6]) claimed responsibility in comments to UK-based Iran International TV. He said that his group Ahvaz National Resistance, a part of ASMLA, has "no choice but to resist."[19] On 23 September, a statement made in The Hague, Netherlands, on the ASMLA website, denied responsibility for the attack, saying that the claim was made by a "group that was expelled from the organization since 2015".[20][21]

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also claimed responsibility.[3]

Iranian state media reported that "takfiri gunmen" executed the assault.[22]

Reactions

Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei wrote on his website: "This crime is a continuation of the plots of the regional states that are puppets of the United States, and their goal is to create insecurity in our dear country."[13] He also called on security forces to bring those responsible to justice.[13] Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the governments of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Denmark to "condemn the attack and extradite people linked to it to Iran to be put on trial."[13] On 23 September, the ministry summoned the United Arab Emirates' representative over comments about the attack.[23]

Former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi II also condemned the attack and condolences with the families of victims and the armed forces of Iran.[24]

International

Russia and Syria were the first two countries to react. President of Russia Vladimir Putin said he was "horrified" and presented his condolences while the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attack and warned those who finance terrorism in the region.[25] Pakistan, through the country's Foreign office's spokesperson, Mohammad Faisal, also condemned the attack.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iran military parade attack: ISIS claim responsibility for massacre which killed 24 and left dozens more injured".
  2. ^ "ISIS POSTS VIDEO OF MEN ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IRAN ATTACK".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Arab Separatist Group Claims Iran Attack". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Several Killed as Gunmen Attack Military Parade in Iran: State TV". The New York Times. Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Several killed, at least 20 injured in attack on military parade in Iran". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b Saeed Kamali Dehghan (22 September 2018). "Terrorists kill Iranian children and soldiers in military parade attack". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack".
  8. ^ "Several casualties in terror attack on military parade in Ahvaz". Press TV. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  9. ^ "Iran summons Western diplomats over parade attack killing 25". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ CNN, Hilary Clarke, Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hauser,. "29 killed in attack on Iranian military parade". CNN. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ a b c d "Iran military parade attacked by gunmen in Ahvaz". BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  12. ^ "Terrorists Attack Crowd of Bystanders in Military Parades in Southwestern Iran". Farsnews (English). Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  13. ^ a b c d Georgy, Michael (22 September 2018). "Iran's Khamenei blames Gulf Arab states for military parade attack". Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Iran. Au moins 29 morts dans l'attentat contre un défilé militaire". Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  15. ^ "29 killed, 60 injured in Iran military parade attack on Revolutionary Guards". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  16. ^ CNN, Hilary Clarke, Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hauser,. "29 killed in attack on Iranian military parade". CNN. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "At Least 24 Killed in Attack on Military Parade in Iran". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Iran Blames Israel, U.S. for Military Parade Shooting That Killed 29". Haaretz. Associated Press and Reuters. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "UPDATED: Armed group kills over 20 at military parade in Iran's Ahvaz". Kurdistan 24. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  20. ^ "ASMLA'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING MILITARY PARADE ATTACK". ahwazona.net. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Beschuldigde Iraanse oppositiegroep uit Den Haag: "Wij pleegden aanslag niet"" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Algemeen Dagblad. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "State TV: Gunmen attack military parade in Iran's Ahvaz". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 22 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  23. ^ Georgy, Michael (23 September 2018). "Iran Revolutionary Guards threaten to avenge military parade attack". Reuters. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  24. ^ Reza Pahlavi condemned Ahvaz attacks
  25. ^ "Attaque terroriste en Iran : le président Rohani accuse des « pays mercenaires » du Golfe et les Etats-Unis" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ Ali, Kalbe (23 September 2018). "Pakistan condemns attack on military parade in Iran". Dawn. Retrieved 23 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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