Tehran: The Iranian armed forces said they had launched missile and drone strikes on US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in response to a new US attack on southern Iran.
In a statement published by its official Sepah News, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the US had carried out overnight airstrikes on several coastal and military sites in southern Iran following what it described as Washington’s “failure” on Monday night in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a separate statement, the IRGC accused the US military of attempting to escort several ships through “illegal” routes. In the Strait of Hormuz.
The sources said that two large oil tankers, which were accused of turning off their navigation systems, ignoring repeated Iranian warnings and entering minefields, were attacked.
The IRGC said that its naval and aerospace forces targeted the US military’s Juffair air base and the US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and attacked weapons depots, fuel storage facilities, communications and radar systems, military accommodation and a command center for unmanned aerial vehicles.
The sources also said that ballistic missiles hit US positions at an air base in Jordan, which has previously launched attacks against Iran, while stressing that Iran has no hostility towards Jordan or its people.
Translated by Chouk Bora
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