Israel used Iraqi territory “under control of the US military” to strike Iran. This was announced by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic.
„The enemy planes of the Zionists this Saturday morning showed open aggression and violated international law by using the territory under the control of the American terrorist army in Iraq, 100 km from the border with Iran,", the text of the statement quoted the agency as saying
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„A number of medium-range air-to-surface missiles equipped with very light warheads comparable to a fifth of the warheads of Iran's ballistic missiles were fired at several border radar stations in Ilam provinces , Khuzestan and Tehran, indicated the General Staff. As noted in the statement, air defense forces intercepted most of the missiles and did not allow any Israeli aircraft to enter Iran's airspace.