The Persian nation accuses U.S. of striking civilian infrastructure.
On Friday, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and launched a “heavy and surprise” retaliatory attack on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
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“The movements and equipment of the American terrorist army are under the supervision of the naval units of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Americans are getting closer and closer to the zero hour for the operations of the Iranian armed forces against CENTCOM naval units in the regional waters.”
On Thursday night, on the sixth consecutive day of the new wave of the war on Iran, the United States destroyed the surveillance tower at the Shahid Kalantari Port in Chabahar, which is part of a maritime surveillance network along the Gulf of Oman coast.
The attack was aimed at “punishing the aggressor” and the U.S. Army, the IRGC said, adding that its forces completely destroyed a long-range radar system and several aerial refueling tanker aircraft at the U.S. base and seriously damaged several others.
The IRGC warned that the United States and countries hosting U.S. bases in West Asia must know that crossing Iran’s red lines and attacking the country’s people and civilian infrastructure will be met with a “very harsh” response.
Iran’s IRGC-Navy published drone footage showing the targeting of an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormoz after the vessel refused to follow its instructions while transiting the strait of Hormoz.
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In a separate statement, the IRGC accused the U.S. military of using its bases in Jordan on Thursday night to carry out “major war crimes” by attacking Iran’s civilian targets, including bridges, residential areas and a water pumping station in the port city of Bandar Abbas.
IRGC forces subsequently targeted U.S. fighter jets and aerial refueling tanker aircraft at a U.S. base in Jordan with ballistic missiles and drones, destroying or seriously damaging some of them.
On Friday, Jordan’s air defense systems destroyed three Iranian missiles after they entered the kingdom’s airspace. No casualties or property damage were reported. The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force also intercepted new Iranian aerial attacks.
The developments came amid heightened regional tensions despite a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the United States and Iran in mid-June, under which the two sides were expected to hold negotiations within 60 days toward a final agreement.
Since June 22, at least 38 people have been killed and more than 400 others have been wounded in U.S. strikes, mainly targeting southern Iranian provinces, according to Iran’s Health Ministry.
Separately, the Fars News Agency reported that at least eight people were killed and 19 others were wounded in U.S. strikes on the southern province of Hormozgan on Thursday night. Five bridges and a railway junction station were among the reported targets.
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