Iran: Shia cleric shot, wounded in city of Isfahan

A Shia cleric in central Iran was injured on Saturday morning after an assailant on a motorcycle shot at him, according to a local news report.

Mohsen Akhavan, who holds the clerical rank of Hojjat al-Islam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan, according to the report.

Akhavan, who was the imam of a mosque in the city, was returning home after leading the morning prayer when the attack occurred.

The report added that the cleric, who had earlier been working at the Isfahan Islamic seminary, was “not seriously injured” and was being treated in hospital, the report added.