A bullet hole from an attack in the Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz, Iran, October 26, 2022 (Amin Berenjkar/WANA)
The Islamic State has claimed an attack on a Shia Muslim shrine in Iran which killed 15 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council initially said three gunmen who were “not Iranian” attacked the Shah Cheragh shrine in the city of Shiraz. Iranian authorities later said there was only one attacker, who had been captured.
The Tasnim site, linked to Iranian authorities, said the assailant shot an employee at the shrine entrance before his rifle jammed and he was chased by bystanders. Adjusting his weapon, he opened fire on pursuers then on worshippers in a courtyard. Several women and children are among the dead.
In 2017 the Islamic State carried out twin bombings that targeted Iran’s Parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Khomeini.
Trying to tarnish nationwide protests for women’s rights and justice, Iranian officials tried to link the attack to the demonstrations. President Ebrahim Raisi said:
Experience shows that Iran’s enemies, after failing to create a split in the nation’s united ranks, take revenge through violence and terror.
This crime will definitely not go unanswered, and the security and law enforcement forces will teach a lesson to those who designed and carried out the attack.
The commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, said, “The fire of revenge of the people of Iran will finally catch up with them and punish them for their shameful deeds.”
The shooter has been identified, he was a member of hashd al shabi of iraq and a close associate of soleimani…
[Editor’s Note: The false claim for “tens of thousands” refers to *Thursday*, when the regime failed to turn out large crowds at staged demonstrations.
The links below are about funerals on *Saturday* to mourn the victims of the attack on the Shiraz mosque.]
” There is no support for the claims of “tens of thousands” at rallies. Photographs point to the regime only turning out hundreds at the largest gatherings”
Iranians attend huge funeral for victims of terror attack in Shiraz: https://parstoday.com/en/news/iran-i187730-iranians_attend_huge_funeral_for_victims_of_terror_attack_in_shiraz
“Tens of thousands of people from different walks of life have taken part in a funeral procession for the victims of a terrorist attack on the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz…..The participants held up pictures of the victims and chanted slogans against the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Britain for their support of the Daesh terrorist group.”
The photos don’t lie: https://www.mehrnews.com/photo/5619395
This is just Shiraz, let alone Tehran and other cities
[Editor’s Note: Of course, this is propaganda by the Iranian services to justify the mass detentions and violent repression of protests. Among those named as “agents” of foreign powers are the journalists who first reported the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.
The Cradle is a virulent “anti-imperialist” propaganda site, supporting the Russian line in areas from Syria to Ukraine as well as the repression of the Iranian protests.]
Iran’s intelligence services detail the campaign of destabilization waged under the pretext of civil rights (and its foreign backers in the CIA): https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/06/2795144
It mirrors what has been reported elsewhere about the US Government seeking to cause chaos in Iran: https://thecradle.co/Article/analysis/16372
Iraninternational have compiled a video of track record of iri in creating these divergences to distract from the currents of day. In this video they start from the bombing 18yrs ago in mashhad, when first they accused MEK of the act, then, arrested an iranian islamist character(mehdi nahvi, who had nothing to do with MEK), then came obligatory “TV confessions”, and they executed him. Many assassination history mentioned in between in the video… To make the long story short, years later starting by Mostafa tagzadeh(2:55min mark) publicly accusing ministry of information of the act, and later the ministry admitting that some insider rogue elements were behind the bombing, AND they said “they will never do that again”…well, few years ago iri again staged an attack on the parliament by isi….. fast forward to Oct 26th 2022….and here we are again…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIXyzywTzXA&list=WL&index=76
I know it is hard to retrofit old stories but the outlets should not continue to propagate misinformation. This information has been out for quite sometime…
In case you missed it, at 4:52 the Tintin cartoon appears to suggest the protesters caused the distraction of police and a terrorist wearing the head cover attacking, wait a minute, the terrorist in video shooting people didn’t head cover or long beard…
Get your storyboard right…
[Editor: Note President Raisi’s linkage of the attack on the Shiraz shrine to the nationwide protests, even though there is no evidence of a connection.]
One of the slogans used by the protesters is ““This is the year of blood, Seyed Ali will be overthrown” : https://www.archyde.com/raisi-says-riots-pave-way-for-attacks/
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Thursday that the “riots” sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini opened the way to “terrorist” attacks, the day after an attack that killed 15 people in an important Muslim shrine, which he said. accused the “enemies of Iran”….“This year is the year of blood, Seyed Ali will be overthrown,” a group shouted in a video authenticated by AFP, in reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.”
Lost track of how many official scenarios of this event I read….as they say liars have poor memory….was it one person, oh no there were two, nooo, there were three, nahh it was only one and he is already dead, nothing to look further here…..
The funniest is the first isis pamphlet that they published has a wrong date on it, rabiolaval(islamic month) has only 29 days in it, the pamphlets reads 30th . Oops, ..take two, lets do some cut and paste and make it not to look stupid…..
[Editor’s Note: This post is a diversion from the post of the article, which is that the attack on the shrine in Shiraz had no connection with the nationwide protests.]
“Trying to tarnish nationwide protests for women’s rights and justice, Iranian officials tried to link the attack to the demonstrations.”
These “protests” have led to the deaths of over 30 security officers.https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-crisis-update-october-26
“Protesters shot and killed an IRGC intelligence officer in Maleyer, Hamedan Province, raising the death toll of security forces members to at least 33 since this protest wave began on September 16.”
[Editor: The only “Iranians” in the post is the person who drew the cartoon. And there is no evidence that mosques were “torched”.]
That’s not how Iranians see it: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgEwGUdXkAAQS17?format=jpg&name=large
“Protesters” have torched mosques in Rasht and Hamedan during the unrest.
Two more Basij officers were shot dead last night in Amol: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/06/2794875
[Editor’s Note: There is no support for the claims of “tens of thousands” at rallies. Photographs point to the regime only turning out hundreds at the largest gatherings.]
Tens of thousands of Iranians rallied throughout Iran to condemn both the rioting of the past few weeks and the shooting at the shrine : https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5618797
As for mosques/shirines being attacked and torched in Hamadan and Rasht:
https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/707460
https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/707824
The perpetrators had pamphlets in their possessions about the event they were about to execute. Apparently, it has contradictory information on it about the event …
Cinema Rex all over again…