“A 30-year-old man, motivated by a family dispute, killed 12 members of his family, including his father and his brother, with a Kalashnikov (type) weapon, near the town of Faryab”
, in the province of Kerman , declared the head of provincial justice, Ebrahim Hamidi, quoted by the official Irna news agency.
He was killed during the intervention of the security forces, added this source.
Mass shootings are rare in Iran, where gun ownership is generally limited to hunting rifles.
In January, an army conscript opened fire inside a military base in the same province, killing at least five other soldiers before fleeing.