Tag: Iran attack

• Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 10:51 UTC

  Iran’s retaliation in Iraq against U.S. forces is a “Slap in face”: Supreme Leader

  

  Hours after Iran’s attacks on two bases in Iraq that houses United States troops, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed his nation considering the firing of 22 ballistic missiles as a “slap in the face” and that military action were “not sufficient” to end the American presence in the region. However, Iran’s authorities said they did “not seek escalation or war.”