Iran says targeted U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain

TEHRAN, June 6 — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that it attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain earlier in the day in retaliation for U.S. attacks on Qeshm Island and Sirik County in southern Iran. In a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC identified the targeted U.S. bases as the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.

At 1:30 a.m. local time on Saturday (2200 GMT Friday), four oil tankers, guided by the U.S. army, sought to “illegally exit the Strait of Hormuz without coordination and paying attention to the IRGC Navy’s frequent warnings,” it said. After the warnings, one of the oil tankers was targeted, and the rest of the “violating” vessels turned back, it said, adding that following the confrontation, U.S. drones attacked communications towers on Qeshm Island and in Sirik County at 2:30 a.m. local time (2300 GMT Friday). In response, IRGC’s aerospace division immediately fired ballistic missiles at the Ali Al Salem Air Base and the remaining important facilities in the U.S.