A photo circulating in Iranian media purporting to show a missile fired at a US base in Iraq in retaliation for the recent killing of a top Iranian general. © Fars News Agency
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Video footage has emerged purporting to show the first moments of an alleged Iranian retaliatory strike on an American base in Iraq, which comes days after a US assassination of a top Iranian general.
“‘Hard revenge’ begins / Army’s heavy missile attacks on US base in [Ayn al-Asad],” wrote the semi-official Fars News Agency amid reports of a heavy missile attack on an American airbase in Iraq.
خبرگزاری فارس✔@FarsNews_Agency · 1h
#فوری| انتقام سخت به وقوع پیوست/ برخی منابع خبر از شلیک موشکهای بالستیک ایرانی به سمت پایگاه عینالاسد در عراق که محل استقرار نیروهای آمریکایی است، میدهند.
خبرگزاری فارس✔@FarsNews_Agency
«انتقام سخت» آغاز شد/ حملات سنگین موشکی سپاه به پایگاه آمریکایی عینالاسد7545:36 PM – Jan 7, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy604 people are talking about this
Several other unconfirmed photos also circulated on social media alleging to show the attack in progress.ALSO ON RT.COMIran launches ‘SECOND WAVE’ of retaliation strikes against US assets in Iraq – reports
Lucas Rohan✔@lucasrohanReplying to @lucasrohan @FarsNews_Agency
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Estas são as primeiras imagens do ataque com dezenas de mísseis contra a base aérea de Al Asad, no Iraque, usada pelos Estados Unidos. Agência iraniana diz que mísseis são do Irã
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Parthiban Shanmugam@hollywoodcurry
#Breaking: Semi-official Fars news agency in #Iran claims that the rocket attack at Al Assad was an “Iranian six missile attack” (6:03 p.m. ET 1/7/20) Ayn al Asad is an Iraqi Armed Forces and United States armed forces air base located in Anbar province of western #Iraq.
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