Iran launched missile attacks on American military bases in Qatar and Iraq on Monday, retaliation for American bombing of its nuclear places and escalating tensions in the volatile area.
In his statement, the Supreme Security Authority of Iran stated that its armed forces used the same number of bombs as the US used in attacking its nuclear devices, Reuters reported the agencies.
Iran calls his missile operation “Annunciation” against the US bases in Iraq and Qatar, said Reuters. The Iranian army confirmed the attacks and said it had done a “devastating and powerful” missile attack on the Air Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
According to the AP report, Qatar issued a statement condemning the Iranian attack on the air base, saying that no victims were reported in the attack. Qatari authorities also stated that it reserves the right to respond.
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Katar organizes the Air Udeid Air Base, the largest US base in the Middle East, which serves as forward for the US central command and can accommodate approximately 10,000 soldiers.
Iran previously threatened withdrawal against the US after dropping massive bunker-bunter bombs on Tehran on three nuclear places-Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.
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Iran also focused on the Ain Al-Assad base, where US troops in Western Iraq in Western Iraq would be, said an Iraq security officer, etc. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not entitled to comment on publicly.
According to the report, the announcement was made on state television when combat music played. The headline on the screen called it “a powerful and successful reaction of the armed forces to American aggression”.
The attacks came shortly after Katar closed his airspace as a preventive measure in the middle of the threats from Iran.
Just before the explosions, Iranian President Masoud Pezshkian wrote on the X -Social Platform: “They did not initialize the war nor left it.
At the beginning of the day, the chief of the armed forces of Abdolrahim Mousavi promised that the country would take “fixed measures” in response to US nuclear places.
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“This crime and desecration will not be unanswered,” Mousavi said in a video statement published on state television, adding that “we will take fixed steps against an American mistake”.
According to AFP report, Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he said that the bases used by the US forces “in the region or elsewhere” could be attacked.
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Israel carried out “Strikes unprecedented forces against the goals of the government and the agency of government oppression in the heart of Tehran”, the report of AFP quoted Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Katz said that the objectives included a notorious prison of Evin in the north of the city, which is known to organize political prisoners and dissidents and foreign detainees.
Iranian judiciary confirmed that Evin was affected, reported “damage” and the emphasis was “under control”.
Israel also made a strike on the Fordow, according to the military and Iranian media, the day after the bombs “bunker Buster” hit us underground nuclear place south of Tehran.
In Israel, the Air Raid sirens sent people to bomber shelters on Monday, reporting at least three missile fire in less than two hours, the report.
(With the entry from agencies)
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