Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a US base in Jordan as American strikes continued to hit the country.
The IRGC said it carried out the Jordan attack in retaliation for a strike launched from the base that hit “the vicinity of a children’s cancer hospital”.
US bases and facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan were also targeted by Iranian drone strikes.
Meanwhile, seven hours of US raids on Wednesday hit dozens of targets, with the Iranian army saying seven personnel had been killed in a missile strike at a barracks close to the southeastern city of Iranshahr.
An Iranian military spokesman warned that Iran would “crush” regional infrastructure if the United States attacks Iran’s key facilities.
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He added that Iran had targeted “communication systems and fuel storage facilities of the US military” in Jordan, as well as “radar systems, a Patriot air defence system, and fuel storage facilities at Ali Al Salem Air Base” in Kuwait and US military facilities at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, IRIB reported.
Bahrain’s military said that its air defence systems “confronted, intercepted and destroyed” multiple Iranian aerial attacks on Thursday, denouncing Iran’s “systematic hostile approach” to the kingdom.
“The General Command emphasizes that the deliberate use of missiles and drones to target civilians and private property constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,” it said in a statement.
The tit-for-tat attacks have come in the wake of the failure of talks between the US and Iran to end a conflict that has been raging intermittently since February.
“They want to continue the military campaign.”
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On Tuesday afternoon, US President Donald Trump said he would reinstate a recently lifted blockade on Iranian shipping in the Gulf.
He said the Strait of Hormuz would remain open “with or without Iran”, but said the US would start charging fees on ships transiting through the waterway.
A 20 percent fee would also be levied “for any and all costs necessary” to provide security and safety for vessels.
Trump formally notified Congress last week that the United States had resumed the conflict, giving the Pentagon an additional 60 days to operate in the region without congressional approval.
Defending ‘red lines’
In addition to the moves in Hormuz, the US president has also threatened to destroy Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply buried nuclear site near Natanz where, western intelligence claims, an undeclared nuclear enrichment facility is being built.
Iranian state television on Tuesday reported that five explosions were heard around the port city of Bandar Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz.
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“A few minutes ago, five explosions were heard west of Bandar Abbas,” the state broadcaster said, without providing further details.
On Tuesday, the head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, indicated that a bill aiming to ensure the security of the waterway was formally introduced in parliament.
“Last night, coinciding with the downing of US drones, the ‘Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf’ bill was formally introduced in Iran’s Parliament,” Azizi wrote in a post on X.
He added that Tehran remains “steadfast in defending our red lines”, particularly with regards to the management of the waterway.
Pakistan said on Wednesday that it would encourage the US and Iran to end hostilities and resume talks under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it helped mediate last month.
“While the implementation of the MoU is facing challenges, Pakistan will continue to encourage all sides to end violence and resume technical-level talks in accordance with the MoU,” Tahir Andrabi, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesman, told reporters in Islamabad.
