Tehran has issued the threat after a drone attack that left an American contractor dead sparked a series of tit-for-tat strikes in Syria.
Strikes on Iranian-linked bases will be met with an"immediate counter-response" after the reported deaths of 19 people in US attacks on Syria, an Iranian security spokesperson has warned.
Keyvan Khosravi made the remarks after the US carried out a series of strikes on the east of the country in one of the deadliest exchanges between American and Iranian-aligned forces in years.that left one American contractor dead and another wounded along with five US troops.In a string of tit-for-tat strikes that followed, officials said another US service member was wounded and local sources said suspected US rocket fire hit more locations in eastern Syria.
US air raids on pro-Iran installations killed three Syrian troops, 11 Syrian fighters in pro-government militias and five non-Syrian fighters who were aligned with the government, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Iran has said its forces and allied fighters are in Syria at the request of Damascus and sees US forces as occupiers.
It comes after President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran the United States would"act forcefully" to protect its people.Iran's proxy militias, including Lebanese group Hezbollah and pro-Tehran Iraqi groups, hold sway in swathes of eastern,Tehran's growing entrenchment in Syria has drawn regular Israeli air strikes but American aerial raids are more rare.
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