Gunman kills Iranian deputy minister: Report
Gunman kills Iranian deputy minister: Report
The report quoted police as saying they believed the deputy minister was shot by someone travelling with him in his car.

Tehran: Iran's official news agency is reporting that a gunman has shot and killed a deputy industry minister.

The report by IRNA said Safdar Rahmatabadi was shot twice in head and chest that night in an eastern neighborhood of Tehran. The report quoted police as saying they believed the deputy minister was shot by someone travelling with him in his

car.

Police said they had begun an investigation. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Rahmatabadi was not a well-known public figure in moderate President Hassan Rouhani's government.

This is the second attack in recent days on a government official in Iran. On Wednesday, a gunman killed an Iranian state prosecutor in a restive southeastern region near the country's border with Pakistan.

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