Video shows Iran launching missiles on US forces in Iraq
SUMMARY
Iranian state TV has aired a clip that it says shows the moment its military launched ballistic missiles toward US bases in Iraq on Wednesday, in apparent retaliation for the US drone strike that killed top military commander Qassem Soleimani last week.
The US Department of Defense confirmed the missile strike, saying it was "clear" that the missiles were launched from Iran and targeted two military bases at Al-Assad and Irbil that host US and Iraq troops. No injuries have been reported.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has also claimed responsibility for the attack.
The video, aired on Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) at 1:40 p.m. local time, showed footage of multiple missiles being launched from their bases amid bright orange fire and smoke into the dark sky.
Watch it here:
An Iranian flag can be seen in the top left corner of the state-TV report — an apparent show of national unity after days of showing a black strip to mourn Soleimani's death, according to BBC Monitoring journalist Kian Sharifi.
Hours after the missile strike President Donald Trump tweeted that "all is well," while Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif tweeted that the strikes were "proportionate measures of self-defense" against the US' "cowardly armed attack" against Soleimani.
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