Iran fires on Gulf neighbors after US military strikes Iranian military targets
Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US-linked sites in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, retaliating for prior U.S. strikes that killed at least four people at a wedding celebration.
- On Tuesday and Wednesday, the United States and Iran exchanged their largest attacks in weeks, with US forces striking sites across southern Iran and Tehran launching missiles and drones at US-linked facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and northern Iraq.
- US Central Command launched the Tuesday operation against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defence systems and maritime assets, citing Iranian attempts to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and US personnel.
- Five civilians died in Hormozgan from US strikes, while Jordan's armed forces intercepted 10 of 13 Iranian ballistic missiles, reporting no casualties after three landed in remote areas.
- Iranian commanders said operations against US forces would continue "until they regret their crimes," while the IRGC claimed strikes on Kuwait's Ali al-Salem airbase killed US personnel, a report Kuwait has not confirmed.
- President Donald Trump warned Iran would face attacks at a "much harder and higher level" if retaliation continues, rejecting reports that the operation sought to force Tehran back into negotiations.
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In response, Tehran attacked American bases in Jordan, Iraq and Bahrain, following the conclusion of a salve of US strikes, the second since Sunday. A few hours earlier, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian had called for a resumption of negotiations.
Iranian forces said on Wednesday they had attacked United States military targets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain and other countries in the region.
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The United States has launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, marking a renewed escalation in a conflict that has remained deadlocked for months. Iran has responded with missile attacks on what it identified as US assets across several Middle Eastern countries, raising concerns that the confrontation could expand beyond direct US Iranian strikes. […] The post How Could Iran Retaliate as US Conflict Escalates? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.
(Seoul·Cairo=Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Yong-rae and Oh Su-jin, Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = As the U.S. and Iran exchange successive airstrikes and retaliatory attacks, tensions in the Middle East are rapidly escalating...
Iran attacked US military bases in the Gulf on Wednesday, September 2, following a second round of US airstrikes against its territory in recent days. Iranian forces claimed responsibility for the attacks on US military targets in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain, after having already claimed responsibility for strikes in Jordan and Iraqi Kurdistan.
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