(Reuters) – Iranian state television said on Wednesday that at least 80 “American terrorists” were killed in attacks involving 15 missiles Tehran launched on U.S. targets in Iraq, adding that none of the missiles were intercepted.
State TV, citing a senior Revolutionary Guards source, also said Iran had 100 other targets in the region in its sights if Washington took any retaliatory measures. It also said U.S. helicopters and military equipment were “severely damaged”.
More than a dozen missiles target two bases where U.S. troops are stationed, in attack Tehran says is vengeance for killing of top Iranian general @ WSJ
The United States killed Iran’s top general and architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Jan. 2, an attack that threatens to dramatically ratchet up tensions in the region.
(Pictured) President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on Iran, at his Mar-a-Lago property, on Jan. 3 in Palm Beach, Fla.
Thousands of mourners attend a funeral procession for Soleimani (Image: VIA REUTERS)
Iranian mourners stand on a bridge during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qassem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on Jan. 7. @ AFP
Coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike, are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during a funeral procession in Tehran, on Jan. 6. @ AP
People march as they take part in an anti-war protest amid increased tensions between the United States and Iran at Times Square, on Jan. 4. @ Reuters
Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Lisa Barrington; Editing by Edmund Blair)