Iran attacks Islamic State and “Zionist spies” targets in Iraq and Syria with missiles

The Revolutionary Guard of Will attacked targets linked to the terrorist group with ballistic missiles this morning Islamic state (EI) and “spies of the Zionist regime (Israel)” in the territory of Iraq It is Syriawhich caused the deaths of at least two civilians.

O Revolutionary Guard reported these attacks on their social networks, as reported by Iranian media outlets Borna News and Press TV, while Iraqi security sources confirmed to EFE that at least eight missiles fell near the Iranian consulate USA -a building under construction- in Erbilat the Kurdistan Iraqi attack, leaving two civilians dead and four injured.

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The statement from the Revolutionary Guard points out that the attacks are “in response to recent crimes committed against the Islamic Republic”and aimed at“the headquarters of anti-Iran spies and other terrorist groups in parts of the region”.

“The targets were destroyed”, adds the note.

Iraqi security sources consulted by EFE confirmed that the attack in Erbil came from Iranian territory.

In its statement, the Revolutionary Guard highlights that the location in Iraqi Kurdistan that it attacked with missiles was “center to develop espionage operations and plan terrorist actions in the region, and especially in our country“espionage”the Zionist entity“, as they usually refer in Iran to the State of Israel.

“We assure our beloved nation that the offensive operations of the Revolutionary Guard will continue until the last drops of blood of the martyrs are avenged.“, adds the statement.

At least 94 people were killed in a double suicide attack on January 3 in the Iranian city of Kermannear the tomb of Qassem Soleimanian Iranian general who headed the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard until he was killed by the US in 2020 in a bomb attack in Iraq.

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The terrorist group Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the most brutal attacks on civilians committed in decades in Iran, just hours after the explosions.

Since then, Will arrested around 35 people in connection with the attack and claimed that at least one of the bombers was a “Israeli with Tajik nationality”.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khameneicalled last week “smash“to those responsible”hidden” of the attack, in an apparent reference to the United States and Israel.

Source: Elcomercio

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