Nemati said some reports were presented to the parliament by some security officials at the closed session of the parliament earlier in the day.

The lawmaker also said the respective officials declared that undoubtedly the incident occurred partly due to the inaction of those in charge, and some of them have been referred to the courts.

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The missiles were fired at 02:00 on Monday (22:30 GMT on Sunday). They were launched from Kermanshah, western Iran.

The missiles targeted the masterminds of Daesh on the eastern banks of the Euphrates north of Albu Kamal in eastern Syria. The district is one of last remaining positions of Daesh.

The missiles travelled a distance of 570km (354 miles).

A Syrian opposition group confirmed it had received reports of violent explosions at dawn in a pocket of territory controlled by Daesh, BBC reported. The group said it believed missiles had hit the headquarters of Daesh in the Hajin area.

It is estimated that there were between 1,500 and 2,000 militants in the area.

Col. Sean Ryan, the spokesperson for the U.S. forces in Syria, confirmed the strike but said no U.S. forces “were in danger”.

“Security of the Iranian people is the Armed Forces’ redline and the Guards spares no efforts in maintaining peace and security,” the IRGC said in a statement.

“Our iron fist is prepared to deliver a decisive and crushing response to any wickedness and mischief of the enemies,” the statement added.

Drones also bombarded Daesh positions after the strike, according to the IRGC.

It was the first drone attacks outside Iran by the IRGC.

“According to the received information and precise reports, a number of heads and influential elements of the terrorists were killed or injured in the operation and also their ammunition depot was destroyed,” the statement said.

On September 22, four gunmen attacked a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province, killing 24 people and wounding 69 others. A four-year-old child was among the killed.

The separatist al-Ahwazia group issued a report giving details about one of the attackers. Daesh also took responsibility for the shooting and published a video showing three of the gunmen being driven to the military parade in a car.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said, “The terrorists used bullets in the Ahvaz attack but we responded them by missiles.”

Hajizadeh added that the operation was a hard revenge against the terrorists who were supported by the U.S. and certain Arab countries in the region.

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of training and funding the al-Ahwazia group.

General Hajizadeh said Iran will continue fight against terrorism by the time the phenomenon is annihilated completely.

Mahmoud Mirlohi, a pro-reform political activist and a member of the Tehran City Council, called the missile attack “essential” and “valuable”. He said that fighting terrorists should be continued powerfully.

Mohammad Atrianfar, a pro-reform political activist, also praised the missile attack as a deterrent action which will bring “valuable results”.

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy army chief for coordination affairs, said, “The enemies should be aware that all the Iranian people are determined in defending their country and respond to any threat.”

It is the second time that Iran is targeting Daesh positions inside Syria. In June 2017, the IRGC fired missiles at Daesh after the group carried out an attack on the Majlis (parliament) in Tehran and the shrine of Imam Khomeini.

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“It has been for many years that the U.S. blackmails the regional countries through saying that it has imposed sanctions against Iran to support them by selling them modern weapons to stand against the sanctioned Iran whose power has been restricted. Their objective is blackmailing and also helping the Zionist regime to take control over those miserable countries in the region,” the senior lawmaker remarked.

However, he said that the U.S. has always become disappointed in spite of all of its actions and propaganda.

Elsewhere, he condemned terrorist attack in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.

The attack left 25 people, including women and children, dead.

It is widely believed that certain Persian Gulf Arab states support the al-Ahvaziya terror group who took responsibility for the attack.

According to Press TV, the Saudi-backed al-Ahvaziya terror group is based in Europe.

Terrorists opened fire on people watching a military parade held to mark the invasion of Iran by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s.

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Touching upon the reasons behind Ahvaz terror attack, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that Saturday’s nationwide military parade demonstrated the power and independence of the country which marauding powers cannot tolerate.

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