New Delhi, March 21 -- Iran fired two Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs) at Diego Garcia, one of the remotest and strategic US-UK military bases in the Indian Ocean, indicating that the war has shifted beyond Middle East to the Indian Ocean region. However, no injuries or casualties were reported.

''Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at 'Diego Garcia', a joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean,'' Iran's MEHR News Agency (MNA) reported.

This attack on Diego Garcia marks a major escalation in the ongoing Middle East war.

The attack on Diego Garcia, about 4,000 km away from Iran, implies that Iran's missiles have a greater range previously believed. Iran's targeting of US faraway military bas...