Iran has claimed responsibility Sunday for a barrage of ballistic missiles that hit a Kurdistan 24 TV building in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, several kilometers from a U.S. consulate, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
Soon after the attack, satellite broadcast channel Kurdistan24, whose headquarters is located near the consulate, aired images of shattered glass and scattered debris on the floor of its studio, the AP reported.
Iran claimed that the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had launched “powerful missiles” in response to what it described as “recent crimes of the fake Zionist regime,” an apparent reference to an Israeli strike near Damascus, Syria, that resulted in the deaths of two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
None of the missiles made contact with the consulate, U.S. officials said.
“There is no damage or casualties at any U.S. Government facility,” a State Department official said, according to the report. “The incident is being investigated by the government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government and we refer you to them for comment. We condemn this outrageous attack and display of violence.”
