Iran launched large-scale drone and missile attacks from different parts within the country on U.S. military targets in the Gulf region in the early hours of Monday local time, according to Iranian media reports.
Loud explosions were heard at a U.S. airbase in Jordan, and the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain. Later, explosions occurred at U.S. bases in Kuwait, which could be heard along the Iraqi border, reports said.
In a statement on early Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, in response to the U.S. military operation, Iran launched a first phase of strikes with missiles and drones against multiple large missile and fuel depots at the Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan.
On Sunday evening, during an operation by the IRGC Navy to stop two vessels that had violated regulations by shutting down their equipment and sailing along illegal routes, the United States once again exposed its "barbaric nature" by attacking Iranian armed forces' coastal bases, according to the statement.
The IRGC public relations department said in a statement on social media Monday that Iran's missile and drone attacks on the U.S. air force base in Jordan caused fires at the base's fuel depots and ammunition storage facilities.
In another statement on early Monday, the IRGC claimed that in the second phase of its counterattack, it had destroyed a key U.S. helicopter maintenance center, a P-8 electronic warfare aircraft hangar, and a U.S. drone command and control center at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.
Meanwhile, the Bahrain Ministry of Interior said on social media that air raid sirens had been sounded in Bahrain.
In a separate statement, the IRGC said its third-phase retaliatory operation had completely destroyed fuel tanks and Patriot air defense missile systems at the Ali Al-Salem Air Base as well as a strategic FPS radar system at Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait.
The IRGC said Iran's retaliatory actions continue.
Regional tensions have escalated in recent days amid an exchange of attacks between U.S. and Iranian forces despite a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in mid-June.
Multiple explosions were heard early Monday in the port cities of Sirik, Bandar Abbas and Jask, all in southern Iran's Hormozgan Province, Iran's state-run Press TV reported.
Minutes after the explosions, the U.S. Central Command said on X that its forces began launching more strikes against Iran "to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz."
Iran launches missile, drone attacks on Gulf states after U.S. strikes
