IRGC pounds US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain after drone attacks on Iranian territory
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted two US air bases in Kuwait and the remaining facilities of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in response to the latest US aggression.
In a statement on Saturday morning, the IRGC said that at 1:30 am, four violating oil tankers, instigated and guided by the aggressive American army and without coordination or attention to repeated warnings from the IRGC Navy, attempted to illegally exit the Strait of Hormuz.
Following warnings, one of the tankers was targeted and stopped, and the other violating vessels turned back, it said.
According to the statement, following this incident, at 2:30 am, American drones struck a telecommunications mast on Qeshm Island and another mast in Sirik with two projectiles.
It added that in response to the aggression of the American army, the IRGC’s Aerospace Force immediately launched ballistic missiles toward two US air bases in Kuwait, identifying one of them as Ali Al Salem, as well as important remaining facilities of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
The IRGC also warned “the aggressive and child-killing enemy that if such acts of villainy are repeated, the response will not be limited.”
“You will be responsible for the consequences of the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz to the export of your oil and gas,” the statement added.
Earlier, US Central Command wrote in a post on X that “moments ago, CENTCOM forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz.”
The post claimed that the attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic and that US forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks.
It added that American forces remain postured to respond to what it called “unjustified Iranian aggression in self-defense.”
An IRIB reporter in Sirik also reported that around 2:30 am Saturday, the sound of several explosions was heard in the city.
The US and Israel started an aggression against Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country.
Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the strikes by launching a barrage of missiles and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in regional countries.
On April 8, forty days into the war, a Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire between Iran and the US took effect.
Meanwhile, the IRGC Navy has maintained full control over the Strait of Hormuz and has warned that any interference by foreign military forces will be met with immediate retaliation.
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