On Sunday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) pounded Daesh headquarters in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr with ballistic missiles fired from western Iran.
The strike was a "display of a corner of Iran's defensivecapabilityand the Islamic Republic's power and firmdetermination to fight terrorism," AmoliLarijani said on Thursday.
He said he hoped "terrorists and their international and regional sponsors have properly receivedthisclear message that their despicable efforts to destabilize a country which enjoys the highest level of security in the region will be met with serious and crushing responses."
Amoli Larijani warned Takfiriand other terrorist groups not to test Iran 's defensive power, because it would cost them "very dearly".
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This handout picture provided by IRIB on June 18, 2017 shows Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launching a missile from an undisclosed location in western Iran at Daesh terrorists in Syria. (Via AFP)[/caption]The remarks came aday after the IRGC said in a statement that the missile attack was conducted in coordination with General Staff of the Armed Forcesand with the order of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who is the commander-in-chief of the Iranian armed forces.
The IRGC fired six medium-range missiles at Daeshtargets in Dayr al-Zawr, which killedmore than 170 Takfiri terrorists, including a number of commanders and senior elements, and inflicted heavy damage on their equipment and systems, it added.
The missile attack was in retaliation for the June 7 terror attacks in Tehran, where gunmen mounted assaults on Irans Parliament and the mausoleum oflate founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, killing 18 people and injuring over 50 others. Daesh claimed responsibility for the incident.
On Tuesday, Iranian DefenseMinisterBrigadier General HosseinDehqan said the missile strike was just a small part of the Islamic Republics reaction to the indiscriminate attacks by the terror group on the Iranian soil.
Dehqan said Irans defense doctrine is based on the principle of deterrence, adding the country is capable of designing and producing different types of ballistic and cruise missiles featuring high precision and destructive power.
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