Tehran has warned ISIS militants that any future attacks on the country will result in powerful strikes against the group.
The IRGC said the June 18 missile strike on ISIS targets in eastern Syria were revenge for ISIS attacks in Teheran earlier this month that killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 50, the first such attacks in Iran by the terror organization.
Iran had earlier insinuated that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia - its chief regional foe - had encouraged the June 7 attacks on Iran's Parliament and the mausoleum of the late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which killed 17 people. Iran is a solid backer of the Syrian regime and has given President Bashar Assad extensive military and political support. The targets were ISIS positions in the east of Syria - nearly 400 miles away.
Iran described today the missile attack against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in the Syrian province of Deir Ez-Zour as crushing and successful, destroying command centers and weapons depots.
"International and regional supporters of the terrorists must realise the warning message of the missile operation".
Last week, Iran accused the USA and its regional ally Saudi Arabia of supporting and aiding the Tehran terror attacks.
Four Daesh positions were struck in the missile attack, according to the statement sent to PressTV on Tuesday.
Turkey and the Kurdish fighters have come to blows on a few occasions in recent months, leading US forces to establish a buffer between them.
Iran condemned the move and vowed to respond with "reciprocal and adequate measures". The warplane had dropped bombs near American-backed militia fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, it said.
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Washington was also among those targeted in Tehran's deterrence message. The missiles flew over 500 miles over Iraqi territory, and are the first mid-range projectiles launched by Iran since its war with Iraq, which ended in 1988.
Iran has described the Tehran attackers as being "long affiliated with the Wahhabi", an ultraconservative form of Sunni Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia.
Sunday's strike came amid rising tensions between Riyadh and Tehran.
Syrian opposition activists say a 48-hour truce in the southern city of Daraa has been extended.
The spokesman was apparently referring to United States sales of $110 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia during President Donald Trump's visit to the kingdom last month.
Netanyahu has repeatedly said Iran is a threat to the Jewish state, the Middle East and potentially the world.
The Iranian government said it notified Damascus before it fired rockets into the country, but that it "will not be tied to formalities when defending its security and stability".
"Security cannot be traded and those who think they can provide their security by dragging extra-regional countries here are making a stupid strategic mistake", he said. When Iran unveiled the Zolfaghar in 2016, it bore a banner printed with a 2013 anti-Israeli quote by Khamenei saying that Iran will annihilate the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa should Israel attack Iran.
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