U.S., Iran exchange fire after Trump accuses Tehran of downing helicopter

TEHRAN, June 10– Iran on Wednesday said it had struck several U.S. bases in the region in retaliation for the latest wave of U.S. attacks on Iran, further straining the ceasefire after Iran and Israel traded missile attacks in a recent major escalation.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that it launched a drone attack on the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in response to the U.S. attacks on southern Iran.

The IRGC said it also targeted Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait with drones, as well as four sites at the U.S. al-Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles, Iranian media reported. “In the event of continued hostility, heavier responses are on the way,” the IRGC said in a statement.