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Iran arrests 8 'foreigners' after deadly shooting at Shiite shrine

Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on Aug. 13, 2023. [AFP]

Iranian security forces have arrested eight foreign suspects after detaining a gunman in the killing of two people at a Shiite Muslim shrine, authorities said on Monday.

The attack on the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, capital of Fars province in Iran's south, came less than a year after a mass shooting at the same site later claimed by Islamic State.

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