An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against opposition groups at home and abroad. It also deepens Iranian fears that the United States, Saudi Arabia and others may seek to destabilise the country by instigating unrest among its ethnic minorities.

Opinion: Attack in Iran raises spectre of a far larger conflagration

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that the attackers who killed 25 people at a military parade were paid by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and that Iran would "severely punish" those behind the bloodshed.

Iran warns US, Israel of revenge after parade attack

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Saturday said that US sanctions on Iran are leading to economic pain that could lead to a "successful revolution," contrasting with administration comments that government change in Tehran is not US policy.

Trump lawyer Giuliani says Iran's government will be overthrown

Gunmen fired on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday (September 22), killing 25 people, almost half of them members of the Revolutionary Guards, state news agencies reported, in one of the worst attacks ever on the elite force.

Iran parade gunmen wore 'fake military clothing', fired on women and children: Eyewitness

The Islamic State group claimed a deadly gun assault against a military parade in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran on Saturday, its second major attack in the Islamic Republic in 15 months.

Timeline of recent attacks in Iran by militant groups

Up to nine military men were killed when unknown militants opened fire during a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, the semi-official ISNA news agency quoted an official as saying.

Up to nine military men killed in attack on Iran military parade: Report

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