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IS Amaq agency posts video of men allegedly involved in Iran attack

IS Amaq agency posts video of men allegedly involved in Iran attack

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Islamic State's(IS) Amaq agency posted a video on showing three men in a vehicle who it said were on their way to carry out an attack on the Iranian military parade that killed 25 people a day earlier.

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A man wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with what appears to be a Revolutionary Guard logo discussed the impending attack in Farsi in the video.

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"We are Muslims, they are kafirs (infidels). We will destroy them with a strong and guerrilla-style attack, God willing."

Ahvaz National Resistance, an Iranian ethnic Arab opposition movement which seeks a separate state in oil-rich Khuzestan province, also claimed responsibility for the attack. Neither of them provided evidence.

"God willing all the kafirs (infidels) will all be eliminated, god willing. God willing if there is honesty and there is no deceit then the believers (us) will go to paradise," the man in the video added.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to exact "deadly and unforgettable" vengeance for the attack and Tehran accused Gulf Arab states of backing the gunmen.

The assault, one of the worst ever against the most powerful force of the Islamic Republic, struck a blow at its security establishment at a time when the United States and its Gulf allies are working to isolate Tehran.