Ballistic missile strike: Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing US troops. It comes days after President Donald Trump ordered a strike that killed Iran’s top general.
US and Iraqi sources said there were no known casualties as a result of the strikes.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday to speak about the missile attacks on US bases in Iraq.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “this region does not accept US presence,” in a televised address to the nation Wednesday in Qom following the strikes on US targets in Iraq.
Speaking in front of a packed hall, Khamenei praised killed General Qasem Soleimani, calling him “brave” adding, he “had no fear.” Many in the audience were seen weeping and chanting angrily throughout his speech.
Khamenei said that Soleimani’s death means “a revolution is alive.”
