WHITFIELD: In Iran today, at least 25 people were killed in a brazen attack on a military parade in a city near the border with Iraq. Senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman joins me now -- Ben.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Fredricka -- this is quite a dramatic event. There was a parade going on in this town of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border. The parade marks the beginning of the Iran/Iraq war back on the 22nd of September, 1980. Now, during this parade which was being broadcast live on Iranian television, suddenly you hear gunfire and there's panic as people run in all directions. It was a military parade. So there's a fair amount of men with weapons there. But it's not clear if they had any ammunition in those weapons. But what you saw once the sort of panic and pandemonium came to an end was indeed, at least 25 people killed, among them apparently civilians and one journalist. More than 60 people wounded. Now, this is the worst attack in Iran in several years. It's been -- the responsibility for the attack has been claimed by several groups. One of them is the Ahvaz Democratic Popular Front. Now, this is a part of Iran which has a significant Arab minority that for years, with some support from Gulf States, has been pushing and, in some cases, engaging in violent acts in order to get independence for that part of the country. And also ISIS has claimed responsibility now, but it's not clear if that claim is credible. But it does come at a time of rising tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia throughout the Middle East -- Fredricka.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Ben Wedeman -- thanks so much. Much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM right after this.
Iran Media, 25 Killed as Gunmen Fire on Military Parade.