Iran mob chants ‘Death to England’ in sick celebration after missile attack - VIDEO
IRANIANS were filmed chanting "Death to England" and "Death to Israel" as members of the Revolutionary Guard confirmed Tehran launched a retaliatory attack on two US military bases in response to Qassem Soleimani's death.
Iran airstrikes: Crowd chant ‘death to England’ after base attack
Iran unleashed as many as 22 missiles on two US bases in northern Iraq in response to the assassination of commander Qassem Soleimani carried out last Friday. As members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the attack, a mob of Iranians erupted into chants of "Death to England", "Death to Israel" and "Allahu Akbar." The crowd could be seen waving their fists in the air as the official said: "At 1.30 in the morning today, the Ain al-Asad airbase was hit by several missiles.
"Their second base near Erbil was also hit at the same time."
The announcement spurred the assisting crowd to start chanting "Death to England" and "Death to Israel" as the IRGC official looked on.
Iranian state TV said the Government had responded to the murder of the second-most-powerful Iranian commander with 15 missiles aimed at two US airbases in Iraq.
Iraq officials however claimed Tehran launched 22 missiles.
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US President Donald Trump appeared unperturbed by the attack, tweeting "all is well" shortly after the strike. No US casualty was reported.
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif insisted the Islamic Republic responded "proportionally" to the death of General Soleimani and suggested the attack on the US targets "concluded" Tehran's retaliation.
Writing on Twitter, Minister Zarif said: "Iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defence under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base which cowardly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched.
"We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggressions."
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But despite Mr Zarif’s conciliatory tweet, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei branded the attack a “slap in the face” of the US and committed Iran to the removal of American troops in the Middle East.
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani took place on Iraqi soil, a move which prompted Baghdad to vote on Sunday in favour of the ejection of US troops from the country since they first arrived during the 2003 invasion
Prime Minister Adil Abdul al-Mahdi said on Tuesday the Iraqi Government had received a letter from the US Command in Baghdad confirming plans to redeploy troops out of Iraq. US Joint Chief of Starr Chairman Mark Milley however the letter had been release “by mistake”.
Mr al-Mahdi said: “Yesterday, we received the letter from the US Command that addressed the withdrawal. Four or five hours later, it was announced it was a mistake. The letter clearly indicates withdrawal from Iraq.
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“When we told them the Arabic text is different from the English, they sent us another version that matched the English version.
“This is not a paper that fell out of a photocopy machine or something that came by accident. They told us this is a draft but this is what we received. How do we act as a state?”
US officials have denied plans the US is preparing to leave Iraq while US President Donald Trump denied knowledge of the letter.
Speaking to the press, the US leader said: “What was said yesterday, I didn’t know about. I really don’t know about it.”
A White House spokesman told the CNN President Trump had voiced his “concern” about the mistake and insisted the error had to be “cleaned up.”