Iran to also target US military bases in Middle East, continue attacks on Israel: IRGC
Tehran, June 14 (UNI) The Iranian military has said that it intends to continue attacking Israel and is also planning to strike US military bases in the Middle East, stating that Washington was an active accomplice of Tel Aviv's missile strikes on Iranian facilities.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's (IRGC) official news agency Fars News, citing an unknown source revealed the government's plans, on Saturday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the Iranian military leadership plans.
"The war which was launched by the aggression of the Zionist (Israeli) regime will spread to all the territories occupied by this regime and the US bases in the region. The aggressors will receive a decisive and large-scale response from Iran," the source told the agency.
The Army's Aresh suicide drones were reportedly able to successfully attack intended targets in Israel in 'occupied areas', states Fars News.
The IRGC said the response, codenamed Operation True Promise III, involved the aerospace division firing a wave of missiles and deploying armed drones against strategic Israeli targets.
The operation, the statement noted, used a 'combination of precision and smart weapon systems", specifically targeting the Israeli military centers and airbases from which the regime had initiated its criminal aggression.
At the same time, Iran is going to continue attacking Israel and will not limit itself by the previously taken measures, the agency added.
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