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In a statement, IRGC accused Washington of violating commitments and alleged that US forces struck five Iranian coastal positions.
An interception by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, June 8 (Reuters)
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that any further military action by the United States will be met with a “crushing response”, following fresh American strikes on Iranian targets and Tehran’s retaliatory missile and drone attacks.
In a statement issued by its Public Relations Office, the IRGC said its Navy and Aerospace Force carried out a coordinated operation between 2 am and 3 am local time on Sunday, launching ballistic missiles and drones at eight US military targets, including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Port Salman in Bahrain. The Guard said the operation was launched in response to recent US attacks.
The statement accused Washington of violating commitments and alleged that US forces struck five Iranian coastal positions under the pretext of responding to the IRGC Navy’s action against a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
“The aggressor enemy, for whom violating commitments and breaking agreements are inherent traits, attacked five coastal posts of the Islamic Republic in the early hours of today under the pretext of the IRGC Navy’s action against a violating vessel,” read the statement.
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The IRGC also said Iran would tighten enforcement in the strategic waterway. “From now on, violating vessels will be dealt with more forcefully than before. Any future enemy aggression, regardless of the pretext, will receive a crushing response—even if, as in last night’s and tonight’s attacks, it targets low-importance targets.”
Referring to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the Guard further accused the United States of violating the ceasefire. “The enemy must know that violating the ceasefire constitutes a breach of the first clause of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and will lead to the complete suspension of all processes.”
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