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Iran has claimed that it has attacked US forces in Bahrain and Kuwait after the US bombed Iranian cities for a second consecutive night.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has launched missile and drone strikes against key infrastructure and facilities at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, describing the operation as the first stage of a “punitive response” to US attacks on Iran.
In a statement carried by Sepah News, the IRGC said early on Thursday that the United States had violated the ceasefire by targeting multiple locations in Iran’s southern coastal provinces as well as two bridges leading to the holy city of Mashhad in eastern provinces.
It said the US attacks were intended to overshadow recent funeral ceremonies for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and prevent global attention to the events.
According to the statement, the IRGC’s Navy and Aerospace Force conducted a joint missile and drone operation “hours after the enemy’s attacks” targeting key infrastructure and facilities at the US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain.
“The fighters of Islam will not leave the aggressions of the child-killing US army unanswered,” said the IRGC.
It also warned the United States against further military action, saying, “Should the aggression be repeated, our crushing responses will be expanded to other American bases in the region.”
Earlier Explosions have been reported in Iranian cities along the Strait of Hormuz, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask, and Abu Musa Island.
According to IRNA Eight Iranian Army personnel were killed in US strikes on military sites in southern Iran early on Wednesday, the Army announced.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Army said the personnel from its air force and navy were killed while defending the country after the “criminal aggression” by the US military against areas in the southern cities of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.
According to the statement, the service members died after being struck by enemy projectiles during the attacks.
The Army said it would continue to stand against the enemies “until the last breath” and vowed to avenge the deaths of its martyred personnel.
in Qatar, just before 4:00 in the morning, residents were awoken by emergency alerts sent to their mobile phones, and those messages were instructing people to stay indoors, to stay away from windows and glass-fronted buildings, but also to try to keep away from open spaces.
Not long after that, we received another text message where those emergency alerts had been lifted and telling people that they could resume normal activities