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Tehran 09 January_The newly-appointed head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force says Iran dealt the US “a first slap” by striking two American bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of his predecessor, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-“With God’s blessing, the first slap was decisively delivered to the world’s largest capitalist power,” Brigadier General Esmail Qaani said in a message addressed to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
He also expressed hope that the ballistic missile attacks on American bases in Iraq would serve as “a complement” to the Iraqi parliament’s significant decision to expel foreign troops as well as the regional nations’ will to put an end to the “malevolent and filthy presence of the US and global arrogance in the region.”
In the early hours of Wednesday, Iran launched tens of missiles at two bases housing US troops in Iraq’s western Anbar Province and Kurdistan regional capital, Erbil, in revenge for the assassination of General Soleimani and his companions.
Qaani was echoing comments by Ayatollah Khamenei, who described the air raid as “a slap” during a speech on Wednesday. The Leader added that “the talk of revenge and such debates are a different issue. For now, a slap was delivered on their face last night.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Qaani vowed to continue on the “luminous” path pursued by martyred General Soleimani “with might.”
He also stressed that the mass rallies and events held by different nations in commemoration of General Soleimani were “a vote of approval for resistance in the face of the global arrogance.”
The revenge operation on Wednesday saw Iran’s Armed Forces fire a barrage of missiles at the two US bases, with all of the projectiles reaching the intended targets.
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