Gunman who attacked holy shrine in Iran dies from injuries

The gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran earlier this week died on Saturday. The attack was claimed by the militant Islamic State group but Iran’s government has sought to blame it on the protests roiling the country.
According to Iran’s semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies, Iranian authorities have not disclosed details about the assailant, who died in a hospital in the southern city of Shiraz on Saturday from injuries sustained during his arrest.
The funeral for the victims would be held later on Saturday, officials said. It is unusual that authorities have not elaborated on the gunman’s nationality or provided any details about him following Wednesday’s deadly attack at Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, the second-holiest Shiite shrine in Iran.
The attack came as unrest — sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police — have rocked the Islamic Republic.