Iran Warns US Against Any Retaliation Over Missile Attack At Iraq Military Bases

Iran on Wednesday said it launched tens of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general.

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New Delhi: Soon after confirming the attack on US airbases stationed in Iraq, Iran warned the States and its allies against any retaliatory action. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard issued the warning via a statement carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. Iran on Wednesday said it launched tens of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general. According to the Islamic Republic Guards Corps, tens of ground to ground missiles hit the US airbase, the agency tweeted. State TV described it early Wednesday as Tehran’s revenge operation over the killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard then warned the U.S. and its regional allies against retaliating over the missile attack in Iraq. The Guard issued the warning via a statement carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. 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, The Guard said. It also threatened Israel. At the same time, Iran's minister of telecommunications Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi also took to Twitter following the missile attack on US targets in Iraq. "Get the hell out of our region!" he tweeted.

Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched. We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 8, 2020

Meanwhile as per sources, Of the two bases under attack, Erbil has suffered no damage as the missile did not explode after hitting the base, reports said. One missile landed inside the perimeter of Erbil International Airport without exploding, the second missile hit an area 33 kilometers (about 20 miles) west of the city of Erbil without causing casualties.