The Iran Project - The main element linked to an armed terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz has Tajik nationality, the provincial head of the Justice Ministry said.

Kazem Mousavi announced on Monday that the Intelligence Ministry forces have so far arrested 10 people in connection with the Sunday evening fatal terrorist attack on the religious site in Shiraz, saying all of the suspects were of foreign nationalities.

He stated that the main element captured on the premises of the shrine is a Tajik national identified during the initial interrogation as ‘Rahmatollah Norozov’.

The main assailant opened fire at the pilgrims with an AK-47 rifle and made an attempt to enter a more crowded area of the shrine before being apprehended.

The official went on to add that the den of the terrorists in Shiraz has also been detected.

At least two people have been killed and eight others injured in an armed terrorist attack at the Shah Cheragh shrine on Sunday evening.

The Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the deadly assault.

The holy shrine came under a similar terrorist attack last year in October, when an armed assailant opened fire on people inside the shrine, killing 13 people, including women and children, and injured dozens more before he was shot and injured by security force and later succumbed to his injuries.