The US military has said that it has launched a new round of attacks on Iran today. The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said, the strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Iran’s state media reported that US strikes hit the southern port city of Bushehr, which houses the country’s only civilian nuclear power plant complex.
On the other hand, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that it conducted retaliatory strikes against the US military facilities in Bahrain and Jordan, attacking their military infrastructure, aircraft shelters, key command centres and strategic drones. In a statement, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force targetted the US military base at al-Azraq in Jordan in response to renewed US aggression against Iran. The IRGC claimed that a significant amount of US military attacks against Iran were conducted from American bases in Jordan. In a separate statement, the IRGC said its navy attacked the US Fifth Fleet’s facilities in Bahrain, targetting the NSI management centre, large warehouses sheltering military parts and equipment, the command and control centre, and fuel storage facilities. It said that the strikes were conducted in response to the US deploying its naval forces in the Indian Ocean and blocking maritime routes under the pretext of controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
