21 June 2017 10:56 am
(c) 2017, Bloomberg · June 19, 2017 - Iran said it fired missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation to the jihadists’ deadly attacks in Tehran last week, a rare strike signalling Iran’s willingness to escalate its use of military power in the region’s conflicts.
Six surface-to-surface missiles were launched on Sunday from western bases in Iran at command centres, logistic sites and suicide car bomb factories in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor area, 435 miles (700 kilometres) away, the Revolutionary Guard Corps said.
The missile operation “is just a very small part of the capability of Iran’s punitive force against the terrorists and its enemies,” the Islamic Students’ News Agency quoted Guards spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif as telling state TV.