Iran fires several missiles at Syria following Tehran attacks

(June 19): Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired a number of missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria in response to recent attacks in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

“A number of mid-range surface-to-surface missiles” were launched from bases in Iran’s western border provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan, delivering “fatal and crushing blows” to targets in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor area, according to a statement from the IRGC’s office of public affairs, published by Tasnim.

The public-affairs office said the missiles were launched in response to June 7 attacks in which gunmen opened fire on Iran’s parliament and suicide bombers hit the mausoleum of the late Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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