A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen in this file photo take at Baharestan Square in Tehran.
I We have slapped Americans on the face: Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on strikes
Iranian missiles targeted US forces stationed in Iraq on Wednesday to avenge the killing of military commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike last week. Iran's Supreme Leader called the strikes a "slap in the face" for the US.
A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen in this file photo take at Baharestan Square in Tehran. (Photo: Reuters)
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ran's missile strikes targeting US forces in Iraq were a "slap in the face" for Washington, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday.
There is no clarity yet on whether the strikes caused any casualties at all -- Iranian state TV earlier
claimed as many as 80 American "terrorists" had been killed , but the US has kept mum so far.
AFP reports that the Pentagon is still "working on initial battle damage assessments". Other countries like Poland and Norway have said their personnel were not killed.
Iran's offensive was meant as retaliation for a US drone strike that killed a powerful Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, last week.
It has now vowed a "crushing response" if the US retaliates after the strikes.
Khamenei said the US should withdraw from the region.
"Military action like this is not sufficient. What is important is ending the corrupting presence of America in the region," Khamenei said.
Iran's offensive has deepened the crisis in the Middle East, and India has asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Iraq.
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