Refugees and migrants are being transfered off the Migrant Offshore Aid Station Phoenix vessel to an Italian coastguard ship after being rescued at sea earlier in the day on June 10, 2017 off Lampedusa, Italy. — ReutersIRANMastermind of attack reportedly killedIran says its security forces have killed the mastermind of a twin attack on Tehran that left 17 people dead this week, as security was tightened around the country to prevent other possible plots. “The mastermind and main commander of terrorist attacks on the parliament and Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini was killed today by the security forces,” Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency. Alavi also said that in the past month the ministry had identified and crushed “a terrorist team” almost daily. Italians say more than 1,600 migrants rescued at sea: The Italian coast guard said Saturday that about 1,650 migrants have been rescued at sea in a dozen separate operations in the central Mediterranean.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2017 23:26 UTC