Mortar Attack Injures at Least 4 in Iranian Capital
Several mortar rounds landed inside a large residential complex near a military base in northern Tehran on Monday, injuring at least four people, witnesses said. An Iraqi-based opposition group claimed responsibility.
As many as 10 mortars hit the complex, which contains 360 apartments, witnesses said. Ambulances and fire engines raced out of the complex.
Tehran radio also reported the explosions, saying they were from mortar rounds.
One person lost his legs, witnesses said. A young woman was hit in the face by shrapnel, and two others suffered minor injuries. Several cars were destroyed.
The opposition Moujahedeen Khalq claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the mortars had hit a base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran’s elite military force, which is separate from the regular army.
A Khalq statement received by Associated Press in Cairo said that its target was guards chief Maj. Gen. Rahim Safavi and that a number of Revolutionary Guards were injured in the attack.
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