Iran mocks reports its Syria missile strikes fell short
TEHRAN - Iran said Sunday the two-stage missiles it fired at Islamic State targets in Syria broke apart over the Iraqi desert as planned, mocking reports that some of the projectiles fell short.
State TV's website quoted the airspace division chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh as saying "we had coordinated the fall of the engines in the desert in Iraq" in advance.
"The missiles we used were two-stage, it means that the engine separates from the warhead," said Hajizadeh.
