Iran says US strikes are a 'strategic mistake' - BBC News

The Pentagon has struck Iran-linked targets in Syria and Iraq in response to a drone attack on a US base.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended a repatriation ceremony for three American soldiers killed in a drone attackBy George WrightBBC NewsIran has called US air strikes on Iraq and Syria a "strategic mistake" after 85 targets were hit across the region on Friday.

The US launched retaliatory strikes in response to last week's drone attack on a US military base that killed three American soldiers.

The White House blamed the drone attack on an Iran-backed militia group.

The US and UK also launched a new round of joint strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday.

Iran's foreign ministry said the strikes on Iraq and Syria "will have no result other than intensifying tensions and instability in the region".

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