Iran targets US air bases in Gulf region as CENTCOM launches new strikes

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that 18 key targets at U.S. military air bases in the region were hit in retaliatory strikes.

According to an IRGC statement broadcast by Iranian state television, the corps' aerospace and naval forces carried out two waves of attacks targeting facilities at the Ali Al Salem and Ahmad Al Jaber air bases, as well as the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.

Tehran claims that the operation was conducted in response to actions by the U.S. armed forces, CE Report informs.

Earlier, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the launch of new strikes on Iranian territory.

In a statement published on CENTCOM’s official page on the social network X, it was noted that, on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, the command’s forces have begun carrying out additional strikes on a number of targets in Iran as part of self-defense.

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