US analysis: Iran's missiles against the Syrian duds fell in Iraq

US analysis: Iran's missiles against the Syrian duds fell in Iraq

WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) - The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Studies said four out of seven missiles launched by Iran from its territory on targets of a pro-Syrian organization fell into Iraqi territory, which was denied by an Iranian commander and described as "allegations Zionism".
According to an analysis of the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, the seven missiles fired on the evening of June 18, four of them fell inside Iraqi territory, while the other three did not reach their destination accurately.
Iran's security and defense analyst Farzin Nadeemi said that according to the five video tapes broadcast by the Revolutionary Guard, "these videos appear to have impacted two missiles - or rather similar to target errors - in two different locations in the south and north of Mayadim 45 kilometers south-east of Deir al-Zour, one of the well-known strongholds of the organization called.
Four of the videos filmed by an Iranian drone show only one target from different angles, with only two actual sets of rockets showing in the picture altogether.
"Therefore, there is not enough evidence to support Iranian claims that all the missiles reached their intended targets and caused serious damage and caused a large number of casualties," Nadeemi added.
According to the analyst, it appeared that "the targets were two towers of telecommunications and related buildings in the north, and an unknown building surrounded by security walls two kilometers south, and there is no evidence that any of them were hit by direct strikes, although it seems that the effects The rockets have fallen 50 and 150 meters from their intended targets respectively. "
In the second target area, a number of fires can be observed but no visible damage to nearby buildings.
The analysis pointed to Israeli military information that a number of the seven missiles of Iranian missiles (compared with six rockets referred to by other sources) fell in the Iraqi desert, while three other missiles missed their targets completely, and approached one missile or two missiles only of their targets.
"This information, if accurate," points to serious problems in the reliability of Iranian missiles, which could be exacerbated in the future uses of Iran's longer-range and more complex missiles, Nadeemi said.
He explained that while Iran was aiming to strengthen its military deterrent against regional adversaries by this blow, the initial independent assessments, backed by aerial photographs, reveal serious issues in terms of quality control and reliability related to Iran's missile program.
"All the rockets fired at the terrorist headquarters in Deir al-Zour, east of Syria, hit their targets, and these are the Zionists' claims," ​​said Brigadier Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
"The claims of these individuals who claim to be experts are in fact the separate part of the structure of the missile when it landed in Iraq," Zadeh was quoted as saying on the sidelines of a poetry evening held under the banner of the missile uprising.
"We used missiles in these operations before hitting targets 100 kilometers, part of the structure is separated, and hit the warhead target, and these operations are planned to fall this part in Iraqi territory." Finished

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