Iran’s retaliatory attacks target Israel’s petrochemical industry, US interests in region
Iran’s armed forces on Tuesday launched new attacks on US bases in regional countries and Israeli positions in the occupied territories in response to growing attacks on Iran’s infrastructure.
The IRGC said its naval and air forces conducted a combined operation on the US bases and interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz as well as Israel’s command centers in the occupied territories with ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones as part of the 99th wave of Operation True Promise 4.
It said the attacks were in response to the enemy's crimes, including attacks on Iran’s petrochemical plants in southern city of Asaluyeh and parts of its facilities.
The IRGC added that in the first phase of the attacks, the largest petrochemical complex owned by US companies Sadara, ExxonMobil, and Dow Chemical, located in the Al-Jubail region in Saudi Arabia, and the large petrochemical complex of the American company Chevron Phillips situated in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Juaima'h were effectively targeted with medium-range missiles and several suicide drones.
The IRGC also noted that an Israeli-owned container ship, tasked with delivering military equipment to the Israeli regime via Khorfakkan Port in the UAE without passing through the Strait of Hormuz, was accurately hit as a result of intelligence operations and missile attacks by Iranian forces. The destruction of the ship serves as a warning to all vessels attempting to cooperate with the Israeli regime and the US, it warned.
Additionally, the IRGC stated that the position of the US aircraft carrier group CVN-72 in the depths of the Indian Ocean was attacked using long-range naval cruise missiles.
The IRGC warned that if Iran's red lines are crossed, the extent of its retaliatory strikes against the infrastructure of the US and its allies will deprive them of the region’s oil and gas for years.
It specified that it has neither initiated attacks on civilian targets nor will it do so; but, it will not hesitate to respond to assaults on Iran’s civilian facilities.
The IRGC warned the regional partners of the US that Iran has shown significant restraint out of goodwill for neighboring countries and has considered various factors in selecting retaliatory targets, but all such considerations have now been removed.
Army’s attacks
Iran’s Army also targeted petrochemical industry of the Israeli regime near the city of Dimona and the headquarters of the American army in the UAE and Kuwait.
It said its forces launched attacks on the “power generation unit and fuel storage facility in south of the occupied territories.
The Army also launched drone attacks on US Navy maintenance center in the UAE’s Jebel Ali port and the American forces’ radar systems and accommodation buildings in the Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait.
The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of then Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.
The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
In response, the Iranian armed forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.