--- description: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham would not directly address airstrikes on Wednesday title: Pentagon: Iran Appears to Be Launching Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pentagon: Iran Appears to Be Launching Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 1:47 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 1:47 PM CUT (LONDON) — Iran appears to be launching airstrikes against ISIS targets in eastern Iraq, according to the Pentagon. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham would not directly address airstrikes on Wednesday, but said “there is no change in Iranian policy about helping the Iraqi government against ISIS or consulting and advising the Iraqi government against terrorists.” But Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said he has seen “nothing that would dispute” reports that Iran has carried out airstrikes in eastern Iraq, adding that the U.S. was “not taking a position” on the matter. “We have no indication that the reports are not true,” Kirby told reporters when pressed at a briefing on Tuesday. \[…\] [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/iran-appears-be-launching-airstrikes-against-isis-iraq-pentagon-n260426?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/"},"headline":"Pentagon: Iran Appears to Be Launching Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq","datePublished":"2014-12-03T13:47:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:31:55.197Z","description":"Iran's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham would not directly address airstrikes on Wednesday","url":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/","keywords":["Iran","Iraq","ISIS","Pentagon","airstrikes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/","name":"Pentagon: Iran Appears to Be Launching Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why So Many Foreign Fighters Join ISIS","description":"A growing number of foreigners is joining the Islamic militant group - but why?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xvTQSd5R/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-05T19:18:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xvTQSd5R.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/","duration":"PT2M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3615838/pentagon-iran-airstrikes-isis-iraq/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```