THIS COORDINATED ASSAULT, SOME 
OF THE MOST VIOLENT MOMENTS 
CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
>> GUNFIRE AND SMOKE FROM THE 
BURSTS RUMT FROM HIGH WINDOWS AT
THE PARLIAMENT WINDOW IN TEHRAN.
SECURITY FORCES RUSH TO THE 
SCENE AS THEY POSITION 
THEMSELVES WITH GUNS POINTED 
UPWARDS, TERRORISTS HAVE STORMED
THE BUILDING, A BATTLE IS UNDER 
WAY INSIDE.
AT THE SAME TIME, 15 MILES AWAY,
MORE CARNAGE.
A SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES A 
VEST AT THE AYATOLLAH KHOMENI 
MAUSOLEUM.
A THIRD POSSIBLE
THWARTSED.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED 
IN BOTH LOCATIONS.
IRAN OFFICIALS SAY THEIR 
SECURITY FORCES KILLED FOUR 
ATTACKERS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN 
DRESSED AS WOMEN.
ISIS IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY 
AND HAS RELEASED VIDEO WHICH 
WE'RE NOT SHOWING FROM INSIDE 
THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING.
THIS APPEARS TO SHOW ONE OF THE 
VICTIMS.
CNN CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY 
THE CLAIM BUT THE ISIS M.O. HAS 
BEEN COORDINATED URBAN ATTACKS 
WITH SMALL ARMS AND BOMBS.
THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL 
SAYS IRAN HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF
ISIS'S ENEMY LIST.
IRAN AND ISIS ARE ON OPPOSITE 
SIDES IN THE SYRIAN WAR.
IRAN IS SHIIA WHILE ISIS IS 
SUNNI.
>> IT'S A MIRACLE THAT IRAN 
HASN'T BEEN ATTACKED UNTIL NOW.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, ISIS HACK 
COMMITTED TO A GENOCIDAL PROJECT
AGAINST ALL SHIIA MUSLIMS.
>> IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
IMPLIED ITS RIVAL SAUDI ARABIA 
IS LINKED TO THE ATTACKS.
>> THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE.
THEY ALWAYS BLAME THE SAUDIS OR 
THE AMERICANS.
>> SO FAR, NO REPLY FROM THE 
SAUDIS.
A KEY QUESTION TONIGHT, HOW WILL
IRAN RESPOND TO THIS CARNAGE IN 
THE HEART OF ITS CAPITAL.
>> IT'S LIKELY THAT IRAN WILL 
USE THIS ATTACK AS A PRETEXT TO 
CONTINUE ITS SUPPORT FOR THE IE 
SAD REGIME AND HOUTHIS IN YEMEN.
BUT THE REALITY IS IN ENLISTING 
THE SUPPORT OF SHIITE RADICALS 
LIKE HEZBOLLAH TO KILL SUNLY 
RADICALS LIKE ISIS TENDS TO 
EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM OF 
EXTREMISM.
>> IRAN IS OF COURSE THE VICTIM 
OF TODAY'S ATTACKS BUT IS 
CONSIDERED ITSELF TO BE ONE OF 
THE WORST STATE SPONSORS OF 
TERRORISM BY THE UNITED STATES.
IN FACT, THE WORST STILL.
NEVERTHELESS, THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TODAY EXPRESSED 
CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS IN 
IRAN AND CONDEMNED THE ATTACK.
STILL, ANALYSTS SAY IF YOU'RE 
LOOKING FOR IRAN AND THE U.S. TO
UNITE AGAINST ISIS, DON'T HOLD 
YOUR BREATH.
PRESIDENT TRUM
