Several casualties in terror attack on military parade in Ahvaz

Gunmen attacked a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said. The IRNA report said those wounded in the attack Saturday included a woman and a child. The agency did not elaborate. Earlier reports described the assailants as “Takfiri gunmen,” a term previously used to describe the Islamic State group.