Russian rockets crashed in Iran

Several Russian cruise missiles launched from a warship against targets in Syria fell on Iranian territory. Information about the victims and the damage caused, as well as about the specific place of the crash, is not available, the TV channel CNN with reference to official sources in the Pentagon.

The intelligence of the US military shows that at least four rockets exploded on Iranian territory. According to the source, we are talking about the Kaliber cruise missiles, which are used in the military campaign for the first time.

The journalists of the channel managed to talk with two unnamed US officials, who told about the incident. One of the interlocutors suggested that there could have been casualties as a result of the emergency, but the second did not confirm this version, writes NEWSru.

The Ministry of Defense denied the earlier information about the fall of Russian missiles in Iran, reports on Thursday, October 8, "Interfax", Referring to the words of the representative of the department Igor Konashenkov.

“No matter how unpleasant and“ unexpected ”yesterday’s attack by our colleagues at the Pentagon and Langley was with precision weapons on ISIS infrastructure in Syria, all the missiles launched from ships found their targets,” he said, the TV channel reported "Rain".

At the same time, the Iranian news agency FARS He writes that Tehran at the moment can not confirm the information that got into the press from US officials.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told 7 of October that Russian ships from the Caspian Sea had attacked Syria. According to him, all the missiles hit targets of terrorists.

The Internet also posted a video of the launch of rockets from the ship.

Previously "Forum" described Six factors that you need to know about the Russian invasion of Syria and which will help explain what Russia’s entry into the war means.