Tehran, Iran: On Wednesday Iran Air Strike on US bases located in Iraq. This all happens after killing of a top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.Iran struck back by firing series of missiles on two Iraqi bases where US housing troops are located.
Sources said, this attack on US bases in Iraq is the revenge for killing of Qassem Soleimani. Qassem SoleimaniDeath happened in last week Friday by a US Drone Attack near Baghdad.
Tensions across Mideast rising steadily after US President Donald Trump’s took decision to withdraw US from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. It raised the chances of open conflict erupting between the two enemies, which have been at odds since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran foreign minister said
Iran Air Strike on US Bases on Wednesday, and after this action Iran foreign minister called this a ballistic missile attack a ”proportionate measures in self-defense”and said it was not seeking to escalate the situation but would defend itself against any aggression.
After Soleimani death by US drone attack, Iran announced the revenge with one strike. But US officials confirmed two attacks took place. Iran’s revolutionary guard gave waring to the US and its regional allies against retailiating over the missile attack against the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq. This warning issued via Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.
The Guard said “We are warning all American allies, who gave their bases to its terrorist army, that any territory that is the starting point of aggressive acts against Iran will be targeted,”. It also threatened Israel.After the strikes, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator posted a picture of the Islamic Republic’s flag on Twitter, appearing to mimic Trump who posted an American flag following the killing of Soleimani and others Friday in a drone strike in Baghdad.
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