Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it launched a 'first wave of missiles' targeting Gulf states, according to a single report from an Arabic-language the source. The claim, which does not specify targets or impact, has not been independently verified.
Just before 01:25 Israel time, the IRGC issued a statement claiming to have launched a 'first wave of missiles' targeting unspecified Gulf states, according to a single Arabic-language source. The claim arrives at the close of a 72-hour period during which the IRGC has issued a series of unverified strike claims — against targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia — as The Zioneer reported in multiple bulletins since June 8. This latest assertion does not identify which Gulf states are targeted, what missile type was used, or whether any projectiles were intercepted. The mention of a 'first wave' may imply further salvos, but at this stage the report rests on one unattributed broadcast.
Over the past 90 minutes, the thread has shifted dramatically. At 21:10 UTC (00:10 Israel time), the first of ten rapid-fire versions reported the initial US strikes inside Iran via a desk-reviewed report. Within 15 minutes, multiple Iranian outlets and a senior US official confirmed the attacks were underway, with Israeli officials reporting high alert. Air defense activations were reported at Assaluyeh, and launches were observed from Shiraz and Tabriz. The thread has thus progressed from a solitary unconfirmed claim to a multi-sourced, on-the-record confirmation of American strikes — a sharp contrast to the low-confidence, single-source pattern that characterizes this new IRGC missile claim.
As The Zioneer has documented since June 8, the IRGC has issued a string of unverified claims of strikes across the region — including against the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait on June 10; a reported missile fire at Riyadh on June 8; a claimed retaliatory strike on a Haifa petrochemical facility on June 8; and ballistic missile launches at US forces departing Bahrain on June 10. These claims, all based on single Iranian-aligned sources, have consistently lacked independent Israeli, Gulf, or Western confirmation.
The key open question remains whether any missiles were actually launched and, if so, toward which Gulf states and with what effect. No Israeli, Gulf, Western, or independent Iranian source has corroborated the claim. Independent verification of the 'first wave' — and of the possible follow-up salvos hinted at in the statement — is still absent.
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