A top Iranian official tweeted a photo of the country’s flag following Iran’s attack on Iraqi air bases housing US troops.
The post by Saeed Jalili, Iran’s former nuclear negotiator, was an apparent response to President Trump, who tweeted a photo of the American flag last week after the US killed Iran’s top military general.
Jalili now works closely with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Like Trump did in his tweet, Jalili did not include a caption with the photo of the flag.
Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at Al-Assad and Irbil air bases early Wednesday local time, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
— Saeed Jalili | سعید جلیلی (@DrSaeedJalili) January 7, 2020
Details on fatalities and injuries are unclear.
Iran state TV described the strike as revenge for the US attack last Thursday near Baghdad airport that killed Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
