Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei warns “Iran’s is peaceful, but willing to deal with bullies of world”
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke Wednesday morning following the Iranian missile attack on Iraqi military bases in which US forces are located.
The attack comes in response to the assassination of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
Khamenei said the attack on the bases were successful, “Iran is a peaceful country that does not seek escalation with any other nation. We are prepared to deal with the bullies of the world.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a rocket attack Tuesday night on two US Army bases in Iraq, including the Air Force’s Ain Al-Assad military base. Iran has claimed that the attack was revenge for the US assassination of Soleimani, who was liquidated five days ago at Baghdad airport.
Iranian television said 15 missiles were launched in the attack, killing about 80 “American terrorists” and wounding 200 others. In addition, US Army equipment – including helicopters – were severely damaged.
However, the US rejects claims that there were any casualties.
U.S. radar tracked the missiles in flight and as a result, personnel at the base had time to take cover before they struck, according to the defense official, who was not authorized to speak on the record. The U.S. made no effort to intercept the missiles, the official said.
The Iranian missile strikes apparently mark the first time Tehran has directly attacked U.S. positions and openly acknowledged doing so. U.S. officials have frequently accused Iran of being behind attacks on American forces in Iraq, but those assaults generally involved Iranian-backed militias, not Iranian security forces.
