TEHRAN: Iran’s navy mentioned on Friday (Jul 24) it carried out drone strikes in opposition to a number of American navy amenities and bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for the latest US attacks against the Islamic republic.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, in the meantime, mentioned that they focused an information centre in Bahrain belonging to Amazon, in response to state media, although neither the US tech big nor Bahrain have commented on the declare.
“This morning, the gasoline tanks, giant tools warehouses and silos, and the barracks of the US terrorist military forces on the Isa Air Base in Bahrain had been focused by Arash kamikaze drones,” the military mentioned in a press release carried by state TV.
An AFP journalist in Bahrain reported an explosion and the sounding of warning sirens Friday, although it was not instantly clear if the 2 occasions had been linked.
There was no affirmation from the US of any focusing on of its amenities or personnel.
Bahrain later mentioned it intercepted and destroyed “quite a lot of Iranian aerial aggressions”, accusing Tehran of focusing on civilians.
The Iranian military additionally claimed drone assaults in opposition to Jordan, focusing on “plane hangars, aviation upkeep hangars and a barracks” at Al-Azraq base.
Jordan has not reported any strikes in the previous few hours.
In a separate assertion, the Iranian military mentioned it had launched drones at US tools warehouses in Camp Udairi and the positioning of American navy personnel in Camp Doha and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
Iran’s Guards, the ideological arm of the navy, mentioned that they had focused the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, claiming to have destroyed an ammunition depot and inflicted casualties amongst US personnel.
In addition they claimed assaults on tools storage silos at Camp Udairi in Kuwait and a US Fifth Fleet watchtower in Bahrain.
Tehran argues that any facility or base within the Center East that the US navy makes use of for strikes on Iran is taken into account a official goal for retaliation.
