Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that it had launched the 95th wave of Operation True Promise 4 against U.S. and Israeli targets, as the two countries continued airstrikes on Iran.
The new wave of offensive was carried out by the IRGC's Aerospace Force and Navy, targeting U.S. HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) rocket artillery batteries stationed in Kuwait, a U.S. Patriot missile system in Bahrain, locations hosting senior commanders and instructors of the U.S. military in Al Dhafra, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as a facility belonging to the American artificial intelligence technology company Oracle Corporation in Dubai.
In addition, multiple locations in Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, and Ramat Gan were subjected to sustained and heavy strikes, the IRGC said.
Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement on Saturday that it had carried out a joint military operation targeting Israeli military sites with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, adding that the mission had "successfully achieved its objectives."
On the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had detected a missile launched from Yemen. Air defense sirens sounded in multiple locations across central Israel, including Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel attacked key infrastructure and petrochemical facilities in Iran on Saturday.
According to Iranian media reports, U.S.-Israeli airstrikes caused violent explosions at the Mahshahr Special Petrochemical Zone in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province.
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant was attacked again on Saturday.
The U.S. and Israel also attacked a grain storage facility in Iran, but no casualties have been reported so far.
Iran launches new wave of attacks as U.S.-Israeli airstrikes continue
Iran on Friday condemned a new U.S. sanctions campaign as "state terrorism" and said pressure tactics must end for diplomacy to resume, while a senior Iranian security official vowed to retaliate against any further economic escalation.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said the sanctions amounted to a new round of "economic terrorism," accusing the United States of exploiting its influence over the dollar-based financial system to pressure other countries into adopting its policies toward Iran.
The ministry said the measures violated the sovereignty of other states and the rights of all United Nations member states, and described them as a serious breach of the UN Charter.
The statement came as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran.
Araghchi described the talks as constructive and said diplomacy could return to the right track if the United States recognized that pressure would not work. It must build trust, engage respectfully, recognize Iran's rights and meet its obligations, he said.
Separately, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview aired on Lebanon's Al-Manar television that the U.S. shift toward economic pressure showed that its military strikes against Iran had not achieved their intended results.
Rezaei said Iran did not seek war but would respond decisively if hostilities resumed. He said Iran was preparing for a new phase of confrontation and that any future conflict would differ from previous ones.
He said any agreement between Iran and the United States would need to form part of a wider regional settlement, including a ceasefire across the Middle East, an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and an end to the war in Gaza.
Iran would take countermeasures against any further escalation of U.S. sanctions and target U.S. economic interests in the region, Rezaei said.
Iran condemns US sanctions, urges return to diplomacy
