TEHRAN, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran's armed forces said Tuesday they carried out fresh retaliatory missile and drone strikes against U.S. bases, assets and infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan following another round of U.S. attacks on Iran.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said in statements carried by its official news outlet Sepah News that its aerospace forces targeted U.S. air defense systems, radar facilities, communications infrastructure and other military assets in Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as U.S. military facilities in Jordan.
The IRGC said the attacks were carried out in retaliation for recent U.S. strikes on Iran and were intended to pave the way for broader missile and drone operations against U.S. military targets in the region.
Separately, Iran's army said it launched missile and drone strikes against several U.S. military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, including Camp Arifjan, Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base and Shaikh Isa Air Base.
The IRGC also said it had struck an Amazon data center in Bahrain, saying the attack was in response to a recent U.S. strike on the under-construction Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province.
Early Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces had completed another round of strikes against Iran, targeting military command centers, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and air defense systems. It said the operations were aimed at degrading Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC also announced that two oil tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via what it described as the "dangerous" southern route had caught fire after explosions and were stopped by Iranian naval forces. It warned shipping companies against using the route and reiterated that the Strait would remain closed as long as the United States continued what it called "malicious actions" in the region. ■
