Shiite cleric injured by gunfire in central Iran
Mohsen Akhavan, who bears the clerical rank of hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan. A Sunni extremist with Uzbek roots killed two Shiite clergy members and hurt a third in the courtyard of the main shrine in Mashhad. TEHRAN: Iranian media said that a motorcycle-mounted assailant shot and wounded a Shiite cleric in … Read more