Press TV - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani�has stressed that the Islamic Republic�will respond "more decisively" to any future terrorist attack�on Iran's�soil.

Rouhani made the remarks in a ceremony on Tuesday in reference to Iran�s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) firing six medium-range ground-to-ground missiles at Daesh bases in Syria�s Dayr al-Zawr on Sunday in retaliation for twin terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital Tehran, which killed 17 people and injured over 50 others.

He added that the IRGC�s move to fire missiles toward�Daesh positions in Syria was not made by one person or military component.
�If we decide to target a location with missiles, this decision falls within the field of national security,� said Rouhani.

�Such decisions are made by the Supreme�National Security Council (SNSC),� he added.
Rouhani, the chairman of the SNSC, said the body had in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran given wider authority to the country's Armed Forces than the missile raid�on Daesh in Syria.

Earlier in the day, the IRGC announced that at least 65 Daesh terrorists, including several high-ranking intelligence commanders, were killed in Iran's missile attack.

Noting that Iran�s policies in relation to the region and global affairs have not changed, Iran�s president stressed that if any group tries to attack the country and harm the Islamic Republic they will receive a �decisive answer.�



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] The handout picture provided by IRIB on June 18, 2017 shows Iran�s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launching a missile from an undisclosed location in western Iran, towards Daesh terrorists in Syria. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]

Stressing that the recent attacks in Tehran were not the first attempts made by terrorists on Iranian soil, Rouhani added that Iran�s intelligence Ministry and Armed Forces have reacted accordingly to the recent attacks and have been�able to foil tens of such attacks in the past.

On June 7, gunmen mounted almost simultaneous assaults on Iran�s Parliament and the Mausoleum of the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini. The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assaults. The attacks killed�17 people and injured over 50 others.