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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned Wednesday that the United States would soon face a new Iranian strategy as both sides exchanged fresh mutual strikes overnight.
"With these struggles, you will not only fail to climb out of the depths of the hell you have created for yourselves, but you will soon see that Iran’s new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy and in confronting the economic blockade will shatter your foundations," Rezaei said in a post on X.
The latest round of U.S. strikes killed at least 18 people and wounded 76 others across Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah and Lavan Island, Iranian media reported.
In Hormozgan province, four people, including a child, were killed and 68 others were wounded after a U.S. strike hit a residence in Kuhestak, in Sirik County, where a wedding ceremony was being held.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, reported additional military casualties, saying four members of its Aerospace Force were killed in Kermanshah province and three Basij members died in a U.S. strike on Lavan Island.
Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on U.S. positions in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain and northern Iraq, according to statements from Iranian forces.
The IRGC also claimed that its forces struck the command post and accommodation of a U.S. commander at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. It said the attack killed some U.S. personnel and destroyed drones and other facilities.
Meanwhile, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy corridor, faced further disruption after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers “hit mines, exploded and were disabled” while attempting to pass through an unauthorized route in the strait.
The IRGC claimed the tankers had been encouraged by the U.S. military to leave a legal route through the Strait of Hormuz before hitting the mines.
The statement also claimed the crews were removed from the vessels before U.S. agents took control of the tankers to allow them to pass through the strait.
Earlier, Axios reported that the U.S. military struck two Iranian government tankers Tuesday under a new “tanker for tanker” policy approved by President Donald Trump, citing U.S. officials.
The policy is intended to deter Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Axios, it marked the first time U.S. forces targeted Iranian tankers in retaliation for attacks on shipping rather than as part of efforts to enforce the naval blockade.
The tankers were anchored off Iran’s coast north of the blockade line when U.S. drones struck their engine rooms with missiles.
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