Protest-Hit Iran Faces Renewed Threat of Terrorism

Bullet holes on the wall and blood on the ground after gunmen attacked the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran, on Oct. 26, 2022. Mohammadreza Dehdari/Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA via AP

More than a dozen Shiite pilgrims were killed this week when a gunman opened fire on a religious shrine in Iran’s south-central city of Shiraz.

The attack, for which the ISIS terrorist group has purportedly claimed responsibility, came amid ongoing anti-government protests that have roiled Iran since mid-September.