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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned civilians across the Middle East to stay at least 500 meters away from locations where U.S. troops are "hiding," saying continued American "crimes" would make those sites targets, and asked the public to report new U.S. military positions to the Guards' official channels.
The warning, the IRGC's 49th operational statement of the war, came alongside fresh claims that the Guards "completely destroyed" a massive ammunition dump and barracks at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base and "finished off" an Amazon data center in Bahrain, and an accusation that Washington is hiding its true casualty toll.
None of the claims has been independently verified.
"We warn the general public in countries where American soldiers are stationed to immediately stay out of a radius of 500 meters from the places where American soldiers are hiding, in order to be safe," the IRGC said in a statement carried by Tasnim News Agency.
The Guards claimed many U.S. officers and soldiers have abandoned their bases "out of fear of fire" from Iranian forces and moved into "buildings in cities" from which they direct operations, locations the IRGC says will face "retribution" if what it called U.S. war crimes continue.
The statement accused the U.S. of striking bridges, fishing piers, civilian boats, passing vehicles and railways, and of killing and wounding Arbaeen pilgrims at the Iraqi border, the annual pilgrimage to Karbala that ranks among the world's largest public gatherings.
The statement also invited residents of host countries to report "the new relocation sites of the occupying American forces" to the IRGC's official Telegram account and website contact page.
The IRGC framed the war as beginning five months ago with what it called the killing of Iran's religious and political leadership and 168 schoolchildren, said Iran signed the ceasefire memorandum "with utmost magnanimity" after 40 days of fighting, and accused Washington of formally annulling the understanding and resuming the war 13 days ago.
In its 47th statement, the IRGC said "super-heavy and advanced destructive drones" hit a "very large" ammunition stockpile at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, claiming it was "completely shattered" in successive explosions, that six large barracks structures were destroyed and three others heavily damaged, and that many U.S. personnel were killed and wounded.
The Guards accused Washington of "lying to its own people" about losses, claiming the U.S. has suffered "hundreds" killed over five months and asserting that "the daily evacuation of its wounded by ambulance aircraft to an American hospital in Germany is clear evidence" of a higher toll.
The Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System lists 14 service member deaths, according to Sky News. Iranian state media put Washington's acknowledged figure at "fewer than 20."
There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon or Kuwaiti authorities on the claims, which could not be independently verified.
In a separate statement, the IRGC said fighters in the 27th wave of its Operation Nasr 2 "targeted and destroyed" the remaining building of a Bahrain data center belonging to Amazon, which it alleged "plays a major role in completing information for the American child-killing army."
The Guards had first claimed to strike the facility on Wednesday.
Neither Amazon nor Bahraini authorities have commented on the claims.
The IRGC said its "punitive operations" will continue.
The warnings and claims come as U.S. President Donald Trump says he is weighing a "massive" new attack on Iran, U.S. forces complete nightly strikes on Iranian military targets, and the war spreads across the Gulf, Red Sea and Black Sea shipping lanes.
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