Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the US-UK military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Iran had launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward the base, but that they did not hit it. Mehr said targeting the base was a “significant step … that shows that the range of Iran’s missiles is beyond what the enemy previously imagined”.
The White House, the British embassy in Washington, and the Ministry of Defence did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. The Israeli military struck Iran and Beirut on Saturday, as more than 2,000 people have been killed since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.