Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people, and wounding civilians and security forces, state TV reported.
Video recordings showed mass rallies in the city on Wednesday evening, in line with a general strike called by activists across Iran to commemorate the 2019 nationwide protests.
A video showed that Molotov cocktails were thrown at the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in the city.
The state-run ISNA news agency said gunmen in a car opened fire on people, killing a child, a woman and three men. It said two members of the Basij were among those killed .
Media affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said that two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire from a Kalashnikov rifle.