Araz news : Iranian media is reporting that shootings have taken place in the parliament building and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran a moment ago on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 .

One guard was killed in the parliament shooting, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Several people were injured in the shrine shooting, the Fars agency reported.

The agency added that two civilians and a guard from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were injured in the shooting.

A male assailant was arrested while on the run at the parliament’s hallway, Akbar Ranjbarzadeh, a senior member of the parliament’s Presiding Board told Farsnews.

In the meantime, Elyas Hazrati, a senior MP, told the agency that there were at least three attackers who carried two Kalashnikov rifles and a handgun.

However, Fars cited some members of parliament who claimed that shooting continues in the building.

“Clashes still continue at the parliament building,” one MP said.

More details will be covered soon.

By-H.A