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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard attacked U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait this Wednesday, in response to a new wave of bombings launched on Wednesday by the U.S. Army against multiple targets on Iranian territory, according to statements released by the Iranian agency Fars.
According to those statements, Iranian forces attacked 18 targets in two waves against the Ali Salem and Ahmad al-Jaber air bases in Kuwait, and the Sheikh Issa base in Bahrain.
Iranian forces also launched drones against the U.S. Fifth Fleet, stationed in Bahrain, specifically targeting the communication antennas and radar facilities of the Patriot missile system.
"In this wave of military drone attacks, the communication antennas and radar facilities of the Patriot missile system of the Fifth Fleet were the target," reported the Fars agency, citing the Revolutionary Guard.
Iranian attacks are a direct response to a new American offensive launched this Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time (21:15 GMT), ordered by President Donald Trump and executed by the United States Central Command (Centcom).
"U.S. Central Command forces began launching additional self-defense airstrikes against multiple targets in Iran under the order of the commander in chief," Centcom reported on its social media.
Washington justified the offensive as a retaliation for the Iranian attack on a U.S. helicopter that occurred last Monday in the Strait of Hormuz, whose two crew members survived.
The objectives of the U.S. attacks included surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and Iranian air defense sites, with precision munitions launched by the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Navy.
The Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, had warned from the Centcom facilities in Florida that the United States would "strike hard tonight" against the Islamic Republic, a warning that Trump had also publicly issued hours earlier.
Simultaneously with the attacks on the bases, the Iranian Army announced early this morning the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz to all types of vessels, threatening to fire on any ship that attempts to cross it.
"The Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed to all types of vessels, including commercial ships," stated the Central Headquarters Jatam al Anbiya in a statement reported by the Tasnim agency.
The Revolutionary Guard also claimed to have fired upon two boats that attempted to cross the strait.
The United States rejected that version. "Tonight, commercial vessels continue to transit in and out of the Strait of Hormuz," responded Centcom, which also denied reports from Iranian media about an alleged attack on a U.S. warship in Hormuz, calling them false.
This episode represents the highest peak of tension since the ceasefire established on April 8, a fragile cessation of hostilities that never fully consolidated and which Iran suspended on June 1 citing that Israeli attacks in Lebanon violated its terms.
The conflict began on February 28, 2026, with "Operation Midnight Hammer," a series of surprise joint attacks by the United States and Israel against Iranian nuclear and military facilities.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has major global economic consequences: over 20% of the world's oil passes through this route, and analysts at Wood Mackenzie project that the price of Brent could reach between 150 and 200 dollars per barrel if the closure continues.
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