The Iranian Armed Forces announced on Saturday that Israel has used US-controlled Iraqi airspace for conducting its attack on Iran, adding that the country’s air defense units were able to prevent Israeli warplanes from entering Iran’s airspace.
“In a clear aggression and against the international laws, warplanes of the Zionist enemy on Saturday used Iraqi airspace that is under control of the terrorist army of the United States to fire a number of air-launched long-range missiles, towards a number of border radars in Ilam and Khuzestan province (west of Iran) and around Tehran province,” the statement said, adding missiles that had been fired 100 km away from the Iranian airspace had warheads with a weight of one fifth of the weight of the warheads of Iran’s ballistic missiles.
It said Iranian radar units suffered “minor and ineffective” damage as a result of the Israeli aggression, adding that all radar units have either been repaired or are being re-serviced.
The Iranian Armed Forces further said “a significant number of the missiles were traced and intercepted and the enemy’s planes were blocked from entering the country’s airspace.”
The Iranian General Staff said that Iran reserves the rights to respond to the aggression at an appropriate time, adding that the country reiterates the need for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon to prevent the massacre of innocent people in those regions.
The statement said Washington has major role in providing all-out support for the Zionist regime crimes against security of the region and called on the US criminal administration to contain the illegitimate and illegal regime.
Earlier, the Iranian Army said in a statement on Saturday that two of its combatants have been martyred during confrontation with the projectiles fired by the criminal Zionist regime as the Army continues to safeguard Iran’s security and prevent harm to the Iranian nation and interests.
The Iranian Air Defense issued a statement on Saturday, saying that the criminal, illegitimate and fake regime of Israel in a move to escalate tensions launched attacks on some military sites in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam in the early hours of October 26.
Iran’s air defenses intercepted and successfully confronted the acts of aggression, it said, adding that some limited damage was caused in some areas, the dimensions of which are being investigated.