The Army’s public relations office said the strikes, part of “Operation Thunderbolt,” were launched in response to “savage attacks” by the “child-killing enemy” on a barracks in Bampur, Iranshahr, which killed seven soldiers earlier this week.
It described the al-Azraq base as a key strategic and command centre for U.S. forces in West Asia and a site hosting anti-missile defence systems.
The Army condemned the American strike on the troop accommodation in Bampur, calling it an act born of the enemy’s “anti-human nature” and said “these crimes will never be erased from the pages of history.”
“The sons of the nation in the Army are devoted to the people and defenders of Iran’s security, and will not retreat one iota from the honourable duty of defending the nation and the Islamic homeland and avenging the blood of the dear martyrs,” the statement said.
MNA