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Iran fires missiles toward US-UK base in Indian ocean, Iran’s Mehr says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 21, 2026 | 2:05 AM

March 21 (Reuters) – Iran fired two ballistic missiles ​at the ‌U.S.-U.K. military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, ‌the ​semi-official ⁠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”.

(Reporting by Hatem Maher and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by William ​Mallard)