Meanwhile, Islamic State releases new video threatening attacks in Tehran and urging young Iranians to launch jihad in Iran, like reported by israelhayom.com
Islamic State is losing the fight in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, the spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force.
“ISIS is losing and will continue to lose under the pressure of our partner forces and the coalition until they are defeated in Iraq and Syria,” he said in a briefing from Baghdad on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the terrorist group issued a video on Wednesday threatening new attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran and calling on young Iranians to rise up and launch jihad in their country.
A man wearing a black ski mask and holding an AK-47 assault rifle, seated alongside two others, made the threat in a video bearing Islamic State’s Amaq news agency logo and showing footage of two attacks in Tehran in June claimed by the group.
“The same way we are cutting the necks of your dogs in Iraq and Syria, we will cut your necks in the center of Tehran,” the man said, speaking in accented Farsi.
Islamic State killed at least 18 people in attacks on the parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on June 7.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired several missiles at Islamic State bases in Syria on June 18 in response to that attack. Iranian officials have also announced the arrests of dozens of people allegedly linked to the attacks.
Another portion of the video showed terrorists in black ski masks speaking out against Shiites in Arabic and threatening attacks against them in Iraq.
