Iran says it has killed mastermind of deadly attack on parade

A general view of the attack during the military parade in Ahvaz, Iran September 22, 2018. Tasnim News Agency/via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they had killed the "mastermind" behind an attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz last month which left 25 people dead. The Guards said in a statement published on state media its forces had killed a man named Abu Zaha and four other militants in Diyala province in Iraq. One news website run by Iran's state television said Abu Zaha was a member of Islamic State. (Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by Andrew Roche)