A number of explosions have been reported close to the U.S. consulate within the Iraqi metropolis of Erbil, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claiming accountability for missile assaults on what it claimed have been Israeli “spy headquarters,” in accordance with state media.
“Ballistic missiles have been used to destroy espionage facilities and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist teams within the area late tonight,” the Revolutionary Guard stated in a press release Monday, in accordance with Reuters. ABC Information reported Iran had focused eight areas close to the U.S. consulate, with 4 individuals killed.
Erbil is the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan area, which Tehran claims is used as a staging floor by Iranian separatist teams and homes bases belonging to Israeli intelligence company Mossad — which the Kurdistan regional authorities denies.
No People have been among the many casualties in Monday’s assault, and U.S. services weren’t impacted, Reuters reported.
Tehran additionally struck websites in Syria on Monday evening, claiming it was concentrating on Islamic State militants in retribution for current terror assaults in Iran. The strikes seem like Tehran’s retribution for the 2 blasts earlier this month close to the tomb of Iranian Basic Qassem Soleimani in southern Iran, which have been claimed by ISIS.