Video footage has emerged purporting to show the first moments of an alleged Iranian retaliatory strike on an American base in Iraq, which comes days after a US assassination of a top Iranian general.

“‘Hard revenge’ begins / Army's heavy missile attacks on US base in [Ayn al-Asad],” wrote the semi-official Fars News Agency amid reports of a heavy missile attack on an American airbase in Iraq.

🎥 «انتقام سخت» آغاز شد/ حملات سنگین موشکی سپاه به پایگاه آمریکایی عین‌الاسد pic.twitter.com/sbw0cwGH6B — خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) January 7, 2020

Several other unconfirmed photos also circulated on social media alleging to show the attack in progress.

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Video showing Fateh-110 ballistic missiles launched by #IRGC Aerospace Force hitting Ain al-Asad Air Base in #Iraq during Operation #Soleimani. According to #Pentagon, all claims of #IRGC regarding to killing 80 #US Servicemen there is untrue. They have destroyed only helicopters pic.twitter.com/W3Krb0NvHt — Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) January 8, 2020

🔴🔴🔴 URGENTEEstas são as primeiras imagens do ataque com dezenas de mísseis contra a base aérea de Al Asad, no Iraque, usada pelos Estados Unidos. Agência iraniana diz que mísseis são do Irã pic.twitter.com/vemAru57Nm — Lucas Rohan (@lucasrohan) January 7, 2020

#Breaking: Semi-official Fars news agency in #Iran claims that the rocket attack at Al Assad was an "Iranian six missile attack" (6:03 p.m. ET 1/7/20) Ayn al Asad is an Iraqi Armed Forces and United States armed forces air base located in Anbar province of western #Iraq. pic.twitter.com/WxyhYVQXEN — Parthiban Shanmugam (@hollywoodcurry) January 7, 2020

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