Iran announced Saturday that it struck targets linked to US forces, in retaliation for American airstrikes on its southern coast which Tehran says violated a bilateral memorandum. No specific targets, locations, or damage were detailed in the statement. Separately, an explosive drone hit a camp of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in Iraq; no casualties were reported.
Iran's Foreign Ministry announced Saturday at 01:31 Jerusalem that its military struck targets linked to US forces, in retaliation for American airstrikes on Iran's southern coast — a move Tehran said violated a bilateral memorandum of understanding. The statement, reported by N12, did not specify the location, type, or damage of the targets struck. No independent confirmation of the attack or its effects has been reported.
Separately — and not part of the Iranian ministry's statement — an explosive drone struck a camp of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in Iraq, according to reports. No casualties were reported in that incident. The Zioneer reported earlier Saturday at 02:22 Jerusalem on Iran's initial retaliatory claims, which have since evolved from an IRGC Naval Force assertion (01:31 Jerusalem) to the Foreign Ministry's official confirmation (01:31 Jerusalem). The source quality has not shifted: the claim remains an unverified Iranian assertion with no US confirmation or visible effect.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10 (11:01 Jerusalem), Iran has previously struck targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan in retaliation for US raids, and on June 8 (23:06 Jerusalem) Iranian-backed militias were reported to have drone-struck US bases in northern Iraq. Unverified Iranian-aligned channels on June 11 (01:49 Jerusalem) additionally claimed strikes on US airfields in Iraqi Kurdistan — accounts that remain unconfirmed.
It remains unclear whether the drone strike on the Kurdish opposition camp is linked to the Iranian ministry's declared operation. No alerts have been reported at US bases in the Gulf or in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Pentagon has not commented.
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