The US launched self-defense strikes on Iranian radar strikes in response to the “aggression” shown by the theocracy – while Tehran says it responded by striking an air base used by the US amid talks to end the three-month-old war.
Strikes on Iranian radar and command sites located in the city of Gouruk and Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz, were carried out this weekend in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the downing of a US MQ-1 drone operating over international waters,” according to Central Command. he said Sunday night.
US fighter jets responded quickly by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground observation station, and two attack drones in one direction, posing a clear threat to ships crossing territorial waters.
“No U.S. service members were harmed. U.S. Central Command will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unprovoked Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire.”
Qeshm Island, dubbed Tehran’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” by Western military analysts, is surrounded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ navy and is home to an underground “missile city.”
Meanwhile, Iran claims to have targeted an air base used by the United States, without naming it.
The Kuwaiti military said on social media that air defenses in Kuwait, where a major US base is located, “responded to enemy missile and drone attacks” on Monday.
Iran carried out the attack in response to a strike that targeted a communications tower in Sirik Province, located in the country’s Hormozgan Province. According to Tasnim News Agency.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force has since warned that if US “aggression” continues, the response will be “completely different.”
Brigadier General Majid bin Al-Rida, the regime’s defense minister in the caretaker government, warned the United States on Sunday that “our finger is still on the trigger” and that “new surprises are on the way,” without revealing more.
Talks on a peace deal are continuing – but War Minister Pete Hegseth has not ruled out attacks on the regime resuming work if there is no deal.
“Our ability to resume activity if necessary… we are more than capable,” Hegseth said in Singapore over the weekend.
“Our stocks are more than adequate for that, both there and around the world, so we are very well positioned.”
President Trump once again slammed critics who urge him to reach a deal only to end the conflict.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be good for the United States and for those who are with us,” Trump said. Books on social truth Before he launched a violent attack on his opponents.
“But don’t the Democrats, and the seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is very difficult for me to do my job right and negotiate when the political hacks keep negative ‘chirping’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever.”
“Just sit back and relax, everything will work out in the end. It always does.”
With mail wires