Iran’s IRGC Attacks 85 U.S Military Sites In Bahrain, Kuwait In Response To Ceasefire Violation

The United States and Iran exchanged missile attacks and accused each other of violating the ceasefire following attacks on commercial vessels in Hormuz.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted 85 U.S. military facilities including in Bahrain and Kuwait.

Washington also targeted over 80 Iranian sites including command and control centres, air defense systems, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile weapons and over 60 small boats associated with the IRGC.

Sirens were heard in Bahrain, home to the U.S Navy’s Fifth Fleet.

The government instructed people to hide in a safe place. Kuwait’s military forces said that they were facing missile and drone attacks.

The foreign minister of Kuwait condemned the Iranian attack as ‘aggression’ while efforts to de-escalate the situation are ongoing.

Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said “the era of bullying and extortion is over,” in a post on X Tuesday. “It leads nowhere. We don’t fold,” he added.

Senior U.S. officials called Iranian attacks “unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation” of the ceasefire.

The interim peace deal has remained fragile from the beginning with intermittent attacks launched by both sides.

The U.S attacks were launched a few hours after Washington revoked a waiver on the export of Iranian oil that had been established as part of the 14-point agreement between the U.S. and Iran in June.

After the announcement, the price of crude oil has soared, rising nearly 2%.

A top U.S official said that the deal with Iran is performance-based and the Islamic Republic will benefit from it if they uphold it and exhibit good behavior, adding that the recent attacks were unacceptable and will be met with consequences.

The U.S had attacked Iran after Qatari officials said that Iran had attacked one of its LNG Ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post on X, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said attack on Al-Rekayyat, a Qatari LNG tanker, was a “grave & explicit violation” of international law.

“We demand that the Islamic Republic of Iran immediately cease all practices that undermine regional security or threaten the safety of international maritime navigation,” he wrote.

Iran did not claim responsibility for the attack which came as thousands of people gathered to attend the funeral procession of Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S airstrike in February.