IRGC Claims Retaliatory Strikes on US Bases in Three Countries

Tehran (ANTARA) - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday (13 July) that it had targeted United States bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for American strikes on Iran’s coastal provinces earlier that day.

In a statement published by its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC said the US military had carried out air strikes on several coastal military bases on Sunday (12 July) local time, after the IRGC intercepted two vessels “committing violations” in the Strait of Hormuz.

In the first stage of its retaliatory operation, the IRGC said its forces set fire to several large missile silos and fuel tanks at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan using missiles and drones.

In the second stage of its attack, the IRGC said it struck helicopter maintenance and repair centres, hangars for P-8 reconnaissance aircraft, and drone command and control centres at the US base at Sheikh Isa, Bahrain.

In the third stage, it said the IRGC destroyed a fuel depot, a Patriot air defence system, and FPS radar facilities at US bases in Kuwait.

In a statement on X on Sunday evening local time, US Central Command said it had “completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran”, hitting Iranian air defence systems, coastal radar sites, and missile and drone capabilities.