CENTCOM announces completion of latest wave of strikes against Iran
<p>US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces successfully completed the latest wave of strikes against Iranian military targets. </p> <p>“US forces struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites," it said.</p>
Iran has launched new attacks targeting Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain. According to Arabian Business, Iran's forces have launched attacks with ballistic missiles and drones across the region, with air defenses responding.
The attacks come after US forces launched strikes on Iranian targets. New Straits Times reported that US forces hit Iranian targets on Sunday, and again on Tuesday, with Iranian state television reporting explosions in the country's south along the Strait of Hormuz waterway and on an island in the Gulf.
US Central Command spokesperson Captain Tim Hawkins stated that "the US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC," referring to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. New Straits Times also reported that the Iranian Red Crescent said four people, including a child, were killed and over 50 wounded in a US missile attack on a wedding celebration in the city of Kuhestak.
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