In news from Iran, 29 people were killed and at least 70 wounded when four gunmen dressed in military uniform attacked a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday. The dead included military personnel, civilians and a journalist. ISIS and a Saudi-backed separatist group called Ahvaz National Resistance both claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani placed blame on the United States and Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

President Hassan Rouhani: “The small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by America, and the United States is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes.”