The command of the Iranian Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the shelling of two U.S. military bases in Iraq has been applied ballistic missiles of distant radius of action “Zulfiqar” and Qiam
Photo: Mehr News Agency
Iranian media reported that the order on the basis of the Ein al-Asad was released from 30 to 60 rockets
Photo: Mehr News Agency
The command of the Iranian Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the shelling of two U.S. military bases in Iraq has been applied ballistic missiles of distant radius of action “Zulfiqar” and Qiam.
The maximum range of the missile is 700-800 km As marks NEWSru Israel, the modernized rocket “Zulfiqar” (“Zolfaqar”) was delivered to the Iranians in Syria and possibly transferred to Hezbollah. It was also reported on the supply of missiles Qiam Yemeni Houthis.
Iranian television channel Press TV had earlier published a video of a missile strike on a U.S. military base “Ein al-Assad” in the West of Iraq. “The footage shows, as Iran launches missiles at us bases in response to the assassination of General Soleimani,” reads the caption to the video.
In the night of Wednesday, January 8, the Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (IRGC) announced the beginning of the operation of retaliation for the death earlier this month of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in the area of Baghdad international airport.
Tehran fired a rocket of a class “earth – earth” on the basis of the Ein al-Asad, located in the West of Iraq, based in Erbil, where there is a contingent of the U.S. army.
According to Press TV, the victims were about 80 people. However, the U.S. has not confirmed this information. The US President Donald trump said that “all right”. Fox News channel reported, citing Pentagon sources, that among the Americans there were no casualties.
Iranian media reported that the order on the basis of the Ein al-Asad was released from 30 to 60 missiles. CNN reports that on the basis of the Ein al-Assad broke at least 13 missiles. According to Fox News, on military bases in Iraq were fired 15 missiles, 11 of them hit the target.
Lebanese TV channel “al-Mayadin” associated with Hezbollah, reports that the air base at Ein al-Asad in Iraq after a rocket attack Iran “the Islamic revolution guards Corps” was destroyed by the plane on the runway on the American part of the base. The Pentagon and the command of the army of Iraq has not confirmed this information and do not comment.
The office of the Prime Minister of Iraq, Adel Abd al-Mahdi said that Iran warned her about the impending strikes on military targets of the United States, but did not specify on what. “After midnight on 8 January we received a verbal message from Iran that an Iranian response operation – revenge for Soleimani – has already begun or will soon begin, and the blows are applied only at the locations the us military without specific names” – it is told in received RIA “news” the statement of the press service of the Prime Minister.
After the start of the attacks with the Iraqi side contacted the Americans. Among Iraqis the victims in the attacks, not confirmed in office, the coalition also announced the Iraqi authorities about the death toll among its soldiers.
The Iranian defense Minister Amir Hatami today did not rule out additional measures against the United States after the attack on the us bases in Iraq. “The next response will be proportional to the behavior of the United States,” said he, adding that Tehran had taught Washington a big lesson.
The IRGC has threatened to strike the blow is not the United States, if Washington will respond to today’s missile strikes. Revenge Iran can become allies. In the IRGC, said that in the case of the bombing of Iran will be struck at the Dubai (UAE) and Haifa (Israel). After that, the air force and air defense of Israel was given in full combat readiness.