Iran Guards say targeted US base in retaliation for strikes
Details of the base’s location were not provided, although Kuwait, a US ally, said it was responding to missile and drone attacks on Thursday morning
Smoke rises from an explosion at the Rajaie port in the city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran. (EPA Images pic)
TEHRAN: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards targeted an American base on Thursday in retaliation for US strikes on the country’s south, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported.
“Following this morning’s aggression by the invading US military against a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport using aerial projectiles, the American air base that served as the source of the attack was targeted at 4.50 am (9.20 am local time),” the Guards said, according to IRIB.
It did not provide details of the location of the base, though Kuwait, a US ally, said it was responding to missile and drone attacks on Thursday morning.
“Following this morning’s aggression by the invading US military against a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport using aerial projectiles, the American air base that served as the source of the attack was targeted at 4.50 am (9.20 am local time),” the Guards said, according to IRIB.
It did not provide details of the location of the base, though Kuwait, a US ally, said it was responding to missile and drone attacks on Thursday morning.
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US strikes Iranian site; Kuwait targeted by missiles, drones
- The United States has carried out new strikes on an Iranian military site allegedly posing a threat to US forces and maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, according to news reports.
- Iranian media have reported that US forces struck near the Bandar Abbas port, causing no damage or casualties.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later said it launched an attack on an “American airbase” in retaliation for the Bandar Abbas strike, and warned of “more decisive” action should US “aggression” continue.
- Kuwait’s military said its air defences confronted “hostile” missiles and drones, without providing information on where the attack came from.
- The Israeli military has issued forced displacement orders for the entire population of southern Lebanon, threatening them to flee north of the Zahrani River, some 40km (25 miles) from Israel’s border, as all areas south of the river are now “combat zones“.
- Aid agencies warn of an “absolute catastrophe” in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s attacks and its intensifying ground invasion.
- Washington and Tehran have issued conflicting statements on negotiations to end the US-Israel war on Iran with US President Donald Trump saying there would be no easing of sanctions on Iran to reach a deal.
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