Iran Stabbing Attack Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured at Shiite Shrine

Iran Stabbing Attack Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured at Shiite Shrine
The Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad city, Iran, on June 5, 2000. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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TEHRAN, Iran—An assailant stabbed three clerics at a Shiite site in Iran on Tuesday, according to Iranian state-run media, killing one and injuring two before he was arrested. The motive for the attack remained unclear.

One cleric died almost instantly after being stabbed at the Imam Reza shrine in Iran’s northeast city of Mashhad. Two others were hospitalized, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.