Iranian state-linked media IRIB, citing Iraqi sources, reports that an Iranian ballistic missile struck the US Al-Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq. The Iraqi outlet Al-Ma'uluma also reported that a US radar in Erbil was destroyed. The claims remain unverified by US or Iraqi officials. Missile launches were reported from Tabriz, Kermanshah, and Khorramabad in Iran concurrent with the report.
The IRGC has publicly claimed responsibility for what it describes as a ballistic missile strike that destroyed a US radar site at the Al-Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq. The claim was carried by Iranian state-linked media IRIB, citing Iraqi sources, and was independently reported by the Iraqi outlet Al-Ma'uluma. The missile launches were reported from three Iranian cities—Tabriz, Kermanshah, and Khorramabad—suggesting a coordinated salvo targeting US positions in Iraqi Kurdistan. As of this writing, no US or Iraqi official confirmation of the strike has been issued.
This development follows an initial report published by The Zioneer at 21:36 UTC (approximately 40 minutes before this update), which cited Iranian opposition channels describing a ballistic missile launched from Iran toward a US radar site in Erbil. At that stage, the information was sourced from a single channel and remained unverified. The current update marks a significant shift: the claim is now explicitly attributed to the IRGC itself and is carried by official Iranian state media, with the Iraqi outlet Al-Ma'uluma providing independent corroboration. However, no US or Iraqi official sources have commented, and The Zioneer has not independently verified whether a strike actually occurred. A separate SAME-THREAD item published at 22:13 UTC independently confirmed missile launches from Tabriz, Kermanshah, and Khorramabad, adding a layer of independent corroboration to the launch aspect of the event, though not the impact.
Attributed background context: The Al-Harir base in Erbil has been a recurring target of Iranian attacks. As The Zioneer reported on June 8, an American aerial defense system intercepted a ballistic missile and drones launched from Iran toward a US base in northern Iraq. On June 10, before the current event, explosions were heard near the US base in Erbil following an attempted drone attack. Separately, dozens of Iranian missiles were observed over southern Iraq heading toward US bases in the overnight hours of June 10, as The Zioneer reported at 03:58 UTC.
What remains open: The core claim—that a ballistic missile struck and destroyed a US radar site at Al-Harir—remains unverified by any US or Iraqi official source. The IRGC's claim is the only attribution; no imagery, impact evidence, or secondary sourcing from non-Iranian outlets has been published. The state of the claimed target (the radar site), any casualties or damage, and whether any interception occurred are all unknown. Independent confirmation of the impact is absent.
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