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Iran army parade attack toll rises to 29 dead: state TV

TEHRAN, Sept 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Twenty-nine people were killed on
Saturday when gunmen opened fire on an army parade in southwestern Iran,
according to a new toll given by state television.

“This terrorist attack has so far left behind 29 martyrs and 57 wounded,”
Mojtaba Zolnouri, a prominent member of Iran’s parliamentary national
security and foreign policy commission, said of the assault in the city of
Ahvaz, quoted by Arabic language state TV al-Alam.

BSS/AFP/FI/ 1941 hrs