Shafaq News / A Lebanese man and his daughter shot dead by unknown persons, on Saturday in north of Tehran, according to the Iranian news agency "Mehr".

The two dead are "Habib Daoud (58 years) and his daughter Maryam (27 years)," according to the agency, they were "killed around 09:00 local time, by a man on a motorcycle."

The source added that the attack took place in Pasdaran district, in the Iranian capital.

Mehr quoted a source in the Tehran police saying “the two dead were in a car when Biker shot the fire.”

The news agency said only that Daoud was a history teacher without giving any further details, while the police have not issued any official comment so far.

The incident comes at a time when Lebanon is experiencing a shock as a result of the massive explosion in the capital, Beirut, last Tuesday, leaving dozens of dead and thousands of injured.