The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it struck eight US military targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, claiming more hits than the US strikes. In a statement, the IRGC threatened harsher action against ships violating navigation rules and warned that ceasefire violations would halt all processes. The claims remain unverified from independent sources.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) this morning issued a new statement threatening harsher action against ships violating navigation regulations and warning that any breach of the ceasefire would halt all processes under the memorandum of understanding. The threat follows the IRGC's earlier claim, first reported at 04:48 and reiterated at 08:24, that its missile and drone strike hit eight US military infrastructure sites in Kuwait and Bahrain — more than the five targets the US said it struck in its own overnight raids. The new statement, released after 08:24, escalates the rhetoric by explicitly linking future military action to maritime violations and ceasefire terms, but still offers no independent verification of damage or casualties.
As The Zioneer reported, the US conducted a second night of strikes against IRGC naval assets and air defenses in the Strait of Hormuz area (from 00:55 Sunday), followed by an IRGC retaliatory wave. The IRGC's claims have evolved across the thread: at 03:40, it first announced a joint missile and drone operation targeting eight US facilities, naming Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. However, the US military denied earlier claims that the Fifth Fleet base was hit — as Zioneer reported at 21:41 on June 6 — and the IRGC's assertions remain based on a single Iranian source with no corroboration from US or local officials.
This latest development fits a pattern of escalating rhetoric and kinetic exchanges between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz corridor. As The Zioneer reported on June 10, Trump was initially reluctant to order military strikes after an Apache helicopter was downed near the strait, but approved them under pressure from defense officials. The IRGC has since claimed multiple waves of retaliation, including a first wave on June 10 hitting 21 targets across Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan, and a second wave on June 11 targeting Fifth Fleet HQ and regional airbases. The new threat to ships suggests the IRGC may be broadening its targeting criteria to include maritime traffic beyond military assets.
What remains open: the IRGC's latest claims of hitting eight US sites, and its new threats, are entirely unverified. US officials have not commented on the latest statement, and no independent confirmation of damage to any of the named targets — Ali Al Salem Air Base, the Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain, or any other site — has emerged from US, Kuwaiti, or Bahraini authorities. The extent of any actual damage or casualties from the alleged strikes, and whether the IRGC can enforce its new maritime rules, remain unknown.
7 developments
- StrongIRGC claims it struck five military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain
- StrongIRGC claims attack on US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as exchanges continue
- DevelopingIRGC claims drone strike on Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait
- ConfirmedIRGC threatens imminent retaliation after US strikes near Strait of Hormuz
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