Iran attacked Islamic State militants in Syria in response to the Tehran terror attacks last week

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Announcing the attack, the Guards insisted “many terrorists” were killed and their weapons were destroyed within the strike.

Their statement said: “The terrorists’ command centre, concentration points and logistical centres used for assembling cars for suicide attacks in Deir ez-Zour region in eastern Syria came under attack by the [Revolutionary Guards] moments ago in a move to punish the terrorists for the twin attacks on the Iranian parliament and the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, on 7 June.”

The missile strikes mark the first time the Guards have launched such perilous strikes from inside Iranian territory.