DFA monitoring Iran situation after military parade attack

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said it is monitoring developments in Iran after gunmen fired at a military parade in Ahvaz, Iran.

Twenty-five people, including 12 Revolutionary Guards, died. At least 70 people were injured.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused US-backed Gulf Arab states of carrying out the attack, and ordered security forces to bring to justice those responsible, Reuters reported.

The Islamic State and the Ahvaz National Resistance, an Iranian ethnic Arab opposition movement, both claimed responsibility for the attack but did not provide evidence.

The four gunmen were killed.

Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo Santos said the gunmen, who wore military uniforms, fired their guns at around 9 a.m. local time. 

According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in Tehran is currently gathering more information. —KG, GMA News