Iranian media quoted an Iraqi official as saying that US military had cleared missile attack base on Israeli territory • "Many helicopters were destroyed"

While tensions between the United States and Iran are declining, after a speech made by President Trump that his country does not intend to respond militarily to the Iranian missile attack on US bases in Iraq, Iranian media continue to insist that the United States has sustained heavy casualties and is struggling to hide the fatalities.

An article in the official news agency Tassanim quoted Hassan Salem, a representative of Iranian seamstresses in the Iraqi parliament, who claimed that his Israeli counterpart had transported the wounded and killed in the Iranian missile attack to Tel Aviv, in order to hide the casualties from the public eye.

"They moved everyone who was hit into the Occupied Territories where no one was asking questions," said Slam. When asked about the death toll he said: "Do you think the Americans let us in their bases and count the fatalities? The answer is no."

Damage to Iran's Assault Based on Al-Assad Base in Iraq // Photo: IP

Slam claimed that several helicopters were hit by the missile attack as they camped on the ground. He urged Americans to allow Iraqi informing forces to enter the affected bases and examine the damage and casualties. Slam also urged the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq.

"We will respond again, and very powerfully"

Meanwhile, a senior Iranian military official said during an interview with the country's media that his country would once again respond to the elimination of the Quds Force commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Qassam Suleimani and more powerfully than last time.

The senior army commander, Abdullah Araki, said: "A Quds force commanded by Suleimani is the strong arm of the regime and will strike our enemy with more severe revenge, more severe than missile fire."

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Araki is not the only senior today to address Sulimani's assassination. Rahim Safawi, military adviser to Supreme Leader Khamenei, said today that the US intelligence agency and the institution are behind Suleiman's assassination.

Safawi also attacked the US administration and President Trump, saying: "" The ignorant US president, the criminal and terrorist secretary have come to a standstill after the crackdown and pressure on Iran's oppressed nation and they are now dealing with injustice. "