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Sunday, March 13, 2022
Iran claims it targeted ‘strategic Zionist center’ in Iraq missile strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Revolutionary Guards take responsibility for the missile attack on the US consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil early this morning.
A “strategic center for conspiracy and mischiefs of the Zionists was targeted by powerful precision missiles,” says a statement on the Guards’ official website.
It warns that any future attacks by Israel “will face harsh, decisive & destructive responses.”
Iranian state media agency IRNA, citing local reports, earlier claimed without evidence that “secret Israeli bases” were targeted in the attack.
The attack caused some material damage but no casualties.
The attack comes several days after Syrian state media reported a strike it blamed on Israel near Damascus. The reports said the airstrike killed two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the attack and vowed revenge.
The Times of Israel Community.