The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that its naval forces conducted a large-scale combined missile-and-drone operation against pivotal American and Zionist targets.
The operation was carried out as part of the 97th wave of Operation True Promise 4 on Sunday afternoon, the IRGC stated.
Among the key targets was a hideout used by American commanders and officers at a location near the Mohammad al-Ahmad naval base in Kuwait.
The site was obliterated by precision strikes using multiple ballistic missiles and attack drones, the IRGC said.
Reports indicate that the heavy concentration of ambulances in the area points to substantial casualties among enemy forces.
The attack, which follows Saturday’s strike on a US command centre and training facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has so far killed or injured 25.
Meanwhile, an Israeli commercial vessel was struck by a naval Qadir cruise missile in the channel of Jebel Ali Port in the UAE. “The ship is currently on fire,” the IRGC said.
The IRGC further stated that its naval forces have been preventing the transit of several vessels through the Strait of Hormuz since Saturday.
The vessels, it said, did not possess transit authorization and were therefore directed to the western and eastern anchorages of the waterway.
To transit the Strait, the IRGC Navy said oil tankers and commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman must contact one of the IRGC Navy stations via international Channel 16 on marine radio.
It also warned vessel crews not to endanger their safety by paying attention to “false news.”
Iran imposed restrictions on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz days after the US and Israel launched an unprovoked war against the Islamic Republic late in February.
As part of the operation, the IRGC Aerospace Force also targeted an industrial zone affiliated with the Israeli military in Beersheba. The attack came in response to “the atrocities of the brutal Zionist regime” against the Iranian nation, the statement added.
On Sunday morning, the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force set fire to enemy targets in the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait in response to US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran’s civilian facilities.
However, the IRGC emphasized that what has occurred so far represents only a portion of its response, warning that if attacks on civilian facilities are repeated, the next phase of the operation will be more intense and broader in scope.
Iranian armed forces and resistance groups across the region continue to carry out retaliatory military operations against the United States and the Israeli regime.
So far, 97 waves of missile and drone strikes have been carried out with advanced weaponry targeting Israeli military facilities in the occupied territories, as well as US occupation bases and assets scattered across the West Asia region.
Source: Press tv