Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday it had attacked and destroyed 18 “key targets” of the United States in response to recent US attacks on Iran.
The semi-official Mehr news agency reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a drone attack on the fifth US Navy ship in Bahrain. “In this wave of military drone attacks, communication antennas and radar installations of the US 5th Fleet Patriot system were targeted,” the report said.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday it had attacked the US al-Azraq base in Jordan with 12 ballistic missiles in response to US attacks on Iran, according to the country’s official IRNA news agency.
The latest attacks targeted US warplanes, including F35, F15 and F16 fighter jets, at key sites and control centers at the air base, IRNA reported, citing an IRGC statement.
Struggles erupted Thursday morning between Iranian and US forces in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, as the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command, Iran’s main military command, declared a complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Initial reports indicated that US ships near the Strait of Hormuz were targeted by missiles and drones fired by Iranian armed forces.
Explosions were also heard in the districts of Sirik and Minab and the port city of Bandar Abbas, all in Hormuz province, as well as on the islands of Qom and Hingham, while air defense systems were activated west of the capital Tehran and in the southern province of Fars, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Following these incidents, the Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters said the Strait of Hormuz was closed to all types of vessels, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, due to security threats in the waterway.
The headquarters cited continued “malicious activity” and US strikes earlier that day in Iran’s southern Hormuz province, saying any vessel attempting to pass through the strait would be targeted.
The developments came after a statement by US Central Command on the social media platform X, stating that its forces had launched “additional defensive strikes” against multiple targets in Iran in response to what it called Iran’s “unprovoked and ongoing aggression.”
Translated by Chhouk Bora
