Iran Fires Missiles at American Base in Qatar in Retaliation for US Onslaught
Iran fired missiles at an American air base in Qatar after promising it would respond proportionately and firmly to US President Donald Trump’s air attacks on three of its nuclear facilities.
The Iranian Armed Forces announced in a statement that the military operation came in response to the “blatant military aggression by the criminal regime of the United States” against the Iranian nuclear sites.The statement described the US assault as “a clear violation of international law” and added that under the directive of the Supreme National Security Council and the command of the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (PBUH), the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), using the sacred code “Ya Aba Abdillah Al-Hussain (AS)”, launched a powerful missile strike on the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.“The message of this decisive action by the sons of the nation in the armed forces to the White House and its allies is clear and direct,” the statement said, adding that Iran will “never leave any violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty, or national security unanswered".
It further noted that the American enemy’s onslaught has “exposed to all that Zionist malice is simply a continuation of US strategy” while reminding all that in this national defense, American military bases and assets in the region “are not points of strength but critical vulnerabilities — the Achilles’ heel of this warmongering regime".“On the eve of the month of Muharram, the time of mourning for the Master of Martyrs, Imam Aba Abdillah Al-Hussain (AS), we once again warn the enemies of Islamic Iran that the era of 'hit and run' is over,” Iran's Armed Forces stressed.The will of the powerful, people-backed armed forces is such that “any repeat of these hostile actions will only hasten the collapse of America's military presence in the region, lead to their disgraceful retreat from West Asia, and fulfill the shared dream of the Islamic Ummah and freedom-loving nations — the eradication of the cancerous Zionist entity", the statement read.Al-Udeid Air Base serves as the headquarters of the US Air Force Command and represents the most strategic asset of the American military in West Asia.
Israel unleashed a war against Iran last Friday, assassinating top-ranking military commanders, scientists, and dozens of civilians, including women and children.After more than a week, as the regime took heavy blows from Iranian Armed Forces, Washington decided to formally intervene in the war despite the public opinion in the US against it.In the early hours of Sunday, the American leader confirmed that Washington carried out a large-scale attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities, marking a major escalation in the ongoing conflict between Tehran and the Tel Aviv regime.
Iran has strongly condemned the brutal military assault against the nuclear facilities, calling it “a grave and unprecedented violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of the UN and international law".Tehran has stressed that it holds the “war-mongering and lawless” US regime “fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of this egregious act of aggression and heinous crime".The foreign ministry said in a statement it is determined “to defend Iran's territory, sovereignty, security and people by all force and means against the United States' criminal aggression".The ministry added the assault has “unequivocally exposed Washington’s criminal complicity with the Zionist regime in orchestrating and waging a war against Iran".
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