Iran says it has launched a new wave of retaliatory attacks against US bases and interests in the Persian Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the 99th wave of Operation True Promise 4 also targeted Israeli command centers in the Palestinian occupied territories by means of ballistic and cruise missiles and combat drones.
The operation was a response to recent US-Israeli attacks against Iranian petrochemical facilities in Asaluyeh, according to the announcement.
It said that the IRGC attacks targeted a US-owned petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia and some other critical US assets in the Arab country. The announcement added that a container ship belonging to Israel which was going to use a UAE port for the land transport of military equipment into the occupied territories was also precisely hit by Iranian missile, sending a warning to other vessels aiming to cooperate with the US and Israel.
The IRGC said it has also targeted a US naval fleet in the Indian Ocean using long-range cruise missiles, warning that if the “US terrorist Army” passes redlines, Iran’s response will go beyond the region.
“We have not been and will not be the initiator of attacks on civilian targets but we will not hesitate to respond to cowardly aggressions,” the IRGC stressed.
The announcement warned to “deprive the US and its allies of the oil and gas in this region for years”. Noting that Iran has had concerns in choosing its targets in the region exercising restraint based on the principle of good neighborliness, the IRGC said that there are no such concerns anymore in place in this regard.
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