Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that any further military action by the United States would trigger a “crushing response”, hours.
After Tehran launched missile and drone strikes on US military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for recent American attacks.
In a statement issued by its Public Relations Office, the IRGC said its Navy and Aerospace Force carried out a coordinated operation between 2 am and 3 am local time on Sunday, targeting eight US military sites, including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Port Salman in Bahrain.
The Guard described the strikes as a direct response to what it called recent US attacks on Iranian territory.
According to the statement, US forces launched strikes on five Iranian coastal positions after the IRGC intercepted what it described as a “violating vessel” in the Strait of Hormuz.
“The aggressor enemy, for whom violating commitments and breaking agreements are inherent traits, attacked five coastal posts of the Islamic Republic in the early hours of today under the pretext of the IRGC Navy’s action against a violating vessel,” the statement said.
The IRGC also signalled a tougher approach towards vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping routes.
“From now on, violating vessels will be dealt with more forcefully than before. Any future enemy aggression, regardless of the pretext, will receive a crushing response—even if, as in last night’s and tonight’s attacks, it targets low-importance targets,” it said.
Referring to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the IRGC accused Washington of breaching the ceasefire agreement.
“The enemy must know that violating the ceasefire constitutes a breach of the first clause of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and will lead to the complete suspension of all processes,” the statement added.
The latest exchange marks another sharp escalation in tensions between Tehran and Washington, raising concerns over the risk of a wider regional conflict in West Asia.
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