A handout picture made available by the Iranian presidential office on February 2, 2024 shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visiting the Iranian revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) navy base in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.
The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a recent drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan.
The extensive air attacks were ordered in response to the deaths of the soldiers last Sunday in a drone strike blamed by Washington on Iran-backed forces.
“Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,” US President Joe Biden said in a statement.
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