Iran Front Page - A top Iranian military official says Washington will have to announce the casualties that the US military suffered in Iran�s retaliatory missile strike on the American Ayn al-Assad base in Iraq.

Senior Spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said US officials are unable to hide the truth.

�Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Americans during the attack on Ayn al-Assad base, and, in the coming days, they have to admit having suffered the casualties, and they cannot hide it,� he said.

The top general was referring to Iran�s missile attack on the base in retaliation for the US assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani who was killed along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi military figure.

General Shekarchi said the US assassinated general Soleimani in order to defeat the resistance front, but soon many people began to follow Soleimani�s way of thought �and the Americans suffered serious harm in a short time.�

�The Americans wanted to destroy the Shiite government in the country and sow discord among people, but after the martyrdom of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and his comrades, unity among Iraqi people increased,� said general Shekarchi.

He underlined that Iran should make every effort to tackle the enemy�s scheme and strategy of �infiltration� and not to be deceived by appearances.