Iran’s army said Thursday it had targeted US military infrastructure in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain in retaliation for recent American strikes on Iranian territory.
In a statement carried by Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB, the army said drones struck a Patriot air defense system in Kuwait, a satellite antenna used for early-warning operations in Qatar, and US military fuel storage facilities in Bahrain.
The army said the attacks were carried out using “large numbers” of destructive drones.
Earlier Thursday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had also targeted US-linked facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, warning that Washington’s military actions would not go unanswered.
The IRGC accused the US of violating its commitments by launching strikes on Iran’s southern coastal provinces. It warned that any further American attacks would trigger wider retaliation against US bases across the region.
“In the first stage of retaliatory measures against the American treaty-breakers, the warriors of the IRGC’s naval and aerospace forces, in a joint missile and drone operation, struck key infrastructure and facilities at two US-occupied colonial bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain,” the IRGC statement said.
The claims came after Iranian media reported a fresh wave of US strikes late Wednesday on several sites in southern and southeastern Iran.
US Central Command said American forces had carried out additional strikes against Iran, saying the operation was aimed at further degrading Tehran’s ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.