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Armed Forces pound US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain
Over 30 Iranian civilians killed in renewed American aggression
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said its forces targeted key logistics, command, and military infrastructure following renewed US attacks on Iranian territory.
According to the IRGC, the new wave of Operation Nasr 2 targeted “KJL,” which it described as, “the US army's principal logistics and support center in West Asia at Mina Abdullah, Kuwait.”
The statement said the facility “was set ablaze and destroyed” as a result of the strikes.
The IRGC added that, “The retaliatory operations of our fighters will continue, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States ends its acts of aggression.”
The IRGC’s Navy also targeted “the NSI Management Center, the Command and Control Center, major warehouses containing military parts and equipment, and fuel depots belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.”
The US base at al-Azraq in Jordan was also struck by the IRGC’s Aerospace Force which targeted shelters housing US F-15, F-16, and F-35 warplanes at the outpost and “eliminated a number of US MQ-9 strategic drones stationed at the base,” destroying the shelters and the unmanned aircraft.
Iran’s Army also launched new round of drone strikes against American targets in the early hours of Wednesday, targeting the al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan with drones. The airbase is home to American troops.
According to the Army’s statement, the base was targeted for the second time, with drones striking the F-18 fighter jet shelters as well as large equipment storage hangars belonging to the US military.
Iran’s attacks against US bases came as the United States targeted several locations in Iran, including a barracks belonging to Army which is close to the southeastern city of Iranshahr in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
Iran's Army Ground Force said that a "decisive response" is certain and imminent after the US carried out the pre-dawn attack that deliberately targeted the sleeping quarters of Iranian military personnel. At least seven servicemen – most of them soldiers, were killed and several others wounded in the attack.
Explosions were also reported near the port city of Bandar Abbas, on the island of Qeshm and on Bandar Imam Khomeini. Fresh US strikes also hit the southern port city of Bushehr, home to the country's Bushehr nuclear plant.
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said that since last week, US attacks have killed at least 30 civilians in Iran.
US President Donald Trump threatened to widen strikes next week to hit power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to the negotiating table.
"Next week it gets really bad for them," he told Fox News. Despite a return to hostilities, mediated talks between the two sides have not formally ended.
At the heart of the resumption of hostilities has been the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz which has been closed again by Iran following US violations of a peace memorandum signed between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad.
The waterway is crucial for global oil and gas flows.
The United States has staged numerous unwarranted attacks on Iranian soil, especially areas lying along the country’s southern coastline, amid its efforts to forcibly enable illegal maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has shut down the waterway in response to the violations, pledging to retain the closure until the US ends the interference.