At least one person was killed and 12 injured in two apparently coordinated attacks in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian state media report. A security guard was shot dead and four visitors wounded in an attack at the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the south of the city; security guards killed at least one "terrorist" and arrested a woman — possibly a wounded, unsuccessful suicide bomber — state TV said. Three or four gunmen stormed the parliament building in Tehran's center at about the same time, wounding eight people. Conflicting reports say that attack is either still ongoing or has ended. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, a rarity in Iran. Parliament was in session and remained so during the attack.
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