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IRGC targets US bases in Gulf, US attacks Iran

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The United States struck military targets across southern Iran in afive-hour operation completed at 10:15 p.m. Eastern Time (5:45 a.m. Tehran timeon July 14), according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), while Iran'sIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded by targeting Americaninstallations at bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait.

    CENTCOM said its forces hit sites including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask,Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas, using precision-guided munitions againstIranian coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites, and maritimecapabilities.

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    — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 14, 2026

    Four people were wounded in American strikes on areas of Omidiyeh, insouthwestern Iran, according to an official in Khuzestan province cited byIran's Mehr news agency.

    The IRGC operations, named Operation Nasr 2, said it struck a satellitecommunications center and American troop positions at Al-Jufair base inBahrain, headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. It also used ballisticmissiles against facilities at airbases in Kuwait and Jordan used by US forces.

    Jordan's armed forces said they intercepted and shot down four missilesthat entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory. Bahrain's InteriorMinistry activated air-raid sirens and instructed citizens and residents tomove to the nearest safe location.

    The IRGC announced that it had struck key US facilities in Jordan with ballistic missiles, stating the operation was retaliation for US attacks on Iran. pic.twitter.com/6OYwdjCGGY

    — IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 14, 2026

    Addressing Jordanians directly, the IRGC said Tehran holds no hostilitytoward Jordan and framed the strike on its territory as retaliation againstAmerican bases used to attack Iran.

    Two oil tankers were also struck by theIranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring warnings from itsnavigation security monitoring center. The IRGC accused the US military ofinducing vessels to attempt passage through what it called an illegal route,warning that transiting a mined corridor would cause losses, delay thereopening of the strait, and produce a global energy crisis.

    The United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry said two Emirati tankers, theal-Bahiya and the Mombasa, were hit by Iranian missiles in Omani territorialwaters in the southern part of the strait, and that an Indian crew memberaboard the Mombasa was killed. IRNANews Agency reported that the Ports and Maritime Organization of HormozganProvince rescued 23 crew members from a vessel in distress in the coastalwaters of Bandar Abbas following an accident and transferred them to QeshmIsland, without linking the vessel to the Emirati statement.

    Shipping traffic through the strait was almost entirely halted early onTuesday, Bloomberg reported, citing vessel-tracking data.

    According to CENTCOM, more than 50,000 American service members arecurrently deployed across the Middle East, and US forces remain at a high stateof alert and combat readiness. The Iranian armed forces expressed fullreadiness to repel any attacks.

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