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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Wednesday that its forces struck the command post and accommodation of a U.S. commander at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, saying the attack killed some U.S. personnel and destroyed drones and facilities.
The IRGC said the missile and drone strike came in response to a U.S. attack on a residential home in Kuhehstek, in Iran’s Sirik County, where Iranian officials said a wedding ceremony was taking place.
The Kuwait operation took place alongside attacks on U.S. positions in Jordan, Bahrain and Erbil in northern Iraq, the IRGC indicated.
Bahrain separately announced that its air defense systems had intercepted drones launched from Iran and remained on a high state of alert as tensions continued to rise across the region.
In a previous statement, the Iranian army said dozens of attack drones had targeted U.S. radar systems and troop positions at the Al Dhafra and Al Minhad air bases in the UAE from early Wednesday.
The army said the strikes were part of the 30th phase of an operation dubbed "Thunderclap" and came in response to attacks on civilians. It also claimed that radar installations and U.S. troop gathering points at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain had again come under large-scale attacks by Arash attack drones.
The statement described Al Dhafra as a key U.S. operational base in the region, saying it was used for air operations, reconnaissance, surveillance and support.
The retaliation follows the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announcement Tuesday that American forces had struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran near the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM stated that the U.S. strikes followed attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American service members deployed in the region.
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces were striking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz and described the attacks as a response to Iran's "failed attempt" to plant sea mines in the strait.
Trump also threatened that any Iranian retaliation would trigger a stronger U.S. response, while saying American forces had struck an Iranian radar facility after it was rebuilt.
Iranian officials later reported that a U.S. attack hit a home in Kuhehstek, in Sirik County, where they said a wedding was being held. The IRGC claimed that nearly 70 civilians were hit in the attack and that four people, including a child, were killed.
Before Iran’s retaliatory attacks, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Tehran would respond "with firmness" to the U.S. strike. In a post on X, Baqaei called the strike part of a wider pattern of previous U.S. attacks on civilians in Minab, Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere.
U.S. forces previously struck an elementary school in Minab on Feb. 28, when the conflict began, killing more than 150 people, mostly children, and a sports hall in Lamerd, where at least 21 people were killed.
"The United States’ catalogue of atrocities against the nation of Iran is now complete," Baqaei said, accusing Washington of using "deceptive justifications" for strikes on military targets.
He also condemned governments and international institutions that remained silent or sought to justify the U.S. action.
"More dangerous than the bomb itself is the normalization of bombing; and more dangerous than silence is the conversion of silence into legitimacy," Baqaei said, warning that such silence could help normalize unlawful attacks.
"Iran will respond to these savage crimes with firmness," he added. "Those who remain silent today will not be immune to its consequences tomorrow."
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