Iranians were heard shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” as the missiles were fired off.
As reported earlier by Kristinn Taylor Iran fired off several missiles at US bases in Iraq on Tuesday following the funeral of Qassem Soleimani.
A journalist from Iran’s Tasmin News Agnecy posted a photo of a missile launch with the translated caption, “Urgent /// Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim begins to avenge the firing of Iranian ballistic missiles at the Iraqi base in Iraq, which is home to US forces.”
https://twitter.com/Mahdiibakhtiari/status/1214682246663327745
The Iranian regimes official news agency Fars News reported on the missile attacks calling it “hard revenge” for Soleimani’s death.
The Iranian Students News Agency (IRNA) posted an alleged photo of Al-Assad Airbase.
First photo from #al-Assad #alasad military base
14 missiles hits the base so far. pic.twitter.com/XydkBhe181— Faisal Maramazi (@fmaramazi) January 7, 2020
The photo is actually from a 2019 report on Gaza.
The photo is NOT from al-Assad airbase.
Via Heshmat Alavi.
Iranian state media are posting this image claiming missiles have struck Ain Al Assad.
This is image is from Gaza. pic.twitter.com/zT0qC7OOsF
— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 7, 2020