Iran's Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that its military struck targets linked to US forces, in retaliation for American airstrikes on its southern coast which Tehran says violated a bilateral memorandum of understanding. No specific targets, locations, or damage were detailed, according to the ministry's statement as reported by N12.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement Saturday morning claiming its military struck US-linked targets in retaliation for American airstrikes on southern Iran, which Tehran described as a violation of a bilateral memorandum of understanding. The statement, reported by N12, did not specify targets, locations, or damage. No alerts have been reported at US bases or in the Gulf region since the claim.
This marks the fourth Iranian assertion of retaliatory strikes since the thread began earlier Saturday. The first three versions published simultaneously at 01:31 Jerusalem — an IRGC Telegram claim, an IRGC Naval Force statement, and a Foreign Ministry confirmation — all remained unverified, sourced solely to Iranian channels. By 09:31 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that US aircraft had struck targets inside Iran following an Iranian drone attack on an American merchant ship. At 10:52 Jerusalem, the Foreign Ministry asserted self-defense strikes; at 11:33 Jerusalem, it also accused Israel of coordinating Lebanon strikes with the US in violation of the ceasefire. The current statement formalizes the retaliation framing as a response to a US violation of a memorandum, but no corroboration has emerged from US, Gulf, or independent sources.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has previously warned of further strikes on US bases and infrastructure (June 10, 08:13 Jerusalem). While the current statement aligns with that warning, its factual basis — whether any strike actually occurred — has not been confirmed by any on-record US or allied military source.
What remains open: the core factual question — whether any Iranian strike actually hit its claimed targets — is entirely unsubstantiated. The sequence of four progressively worded Iranian claims, all published before any independent verification, leaves the window open for a single rhetorical escalation rather than a real attack. No US military confirmation, no Gulf air-defense alerts, and no physical evidence have been reported.
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