The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced early Sunday that its naval and aerospace forces conducted a joint missile and drone operation targeting eight US military facilities, including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The IRGC said the strikes were retaliation for recent US attacks on five Iranian coastal positions. The claims are based on a single IRGC source and cannot be independently verified.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that its naval and aerospace forces carried out a joint missile and drone operation between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, targeting eight US military facilities across the Gulf region, including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. The IRGC framed the operation as retaliation for recent US attacks on five Iranian coastal positions. The claims are based on a single IRGC source and cannot be independently verified; no confirmation or denial has been issued by US Central Command at this hour (Sun 04:48 Jerusalem).
This latest bulletin builds on a series of earlier IRGC assertions that were published within minutes of each other at 03:40 Jerusalem. At that time, the desk first reported the IRGC's initial announcement of a large-scale missile and drone operation against eight US facilities (version 1). Simultaneously, a second report named Ali al-Salem in Kuwait and Salman port in Bahrain as specific targets (version 2), and a third cited an IRGC warning that "any vessel that violates sovereignty will be dealt with more forcefully" (version 3). A fourth bulletin added that the IRGC had confirmed the strikes were retaliation for Friday's US attacks on Iran (version 4), and a fifth reiterated the eight-target list (version 5). Across that rapid sequence, the desk's sourcing remained consistent — all reports rely on a single Iranian channel, with no independent corroboration.
As The Zioneer previously reported in this thread, the IRGC has made multiple claims of strikes on US assets that have been disputed by US officials. On June 10, the IRGC claimed it struck the US Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain with suicide drones (04:43 Jerusalem). Later that day (10:07 Jerusalem), it said its naval forces attacked the fleet again, warning of "heavier responses," but US officials dismissed that assertion as "completely untrue." On June 11, the IRGC claimed it struck five bases across Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain (10:10 Jerusalem) and later said 18 American targets were hit in two overnight waves (12:44 Jerusalem). In a separate but related context, the desk had reported on June 5 that the IRGC fired "warning shots" at US warships in the Gulf of Oman — a report based on a single Iranian the source.
The IRGC also warned that vessels violating the "Islamabad memorandum" would face escalated measures and accused Washington of violating a ceasefire agreement, though the nature and status of any such agreement remain unclear. It remains open whether any of the eight named facilities were actually struck or damaged; no visual evidence, US official confirmation, or independent battlefield reports have emerged.
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