[[{"content_id":418242,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Iran launches concerted retaliatory strikes against American military targets after fresh US aggression","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Iran's Armed Forces have launched retaliatory operations against American military targets in the region after fresh American aggression struck several locations in the country's southern Hormozgan Province.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) noted how the "warmongering American regime" had attacked several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the province earlier in the day under the "false pretext" of an American helicopter's crash.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFootage captures the moment of a missile strike and the subsequent explosion at the location of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAccording to the IRGC, the American strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower in Sirik and destroyed two water reservoirs in the Bemani district of the county.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUS Fifth Fleet, al-Azraq base hit in reprisal\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Corps said its Navy responded to the attacks by carrying out a retaliatory drone strike against the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe force later announced that it had also launched a missile strike against Washington's al-Azraq base in Jordan.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAccording to another IRGC statement, four major targets, including F-35 warplane shelters and the command-and-control center of the "child-killing American army" at al-Azraq, were struck and destroyed.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAn informed military source, meanwhile, said Iran used long-range solid-fuel Kheibar Shekan missiles to target the shelters housing the warplanes.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe IRGC added that, in total, 21 targets at American air and naval bases across the region were hit throughout the reprisal.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nArmy reports drone strikes\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAdditionally, the Iranian Army's Public Relations Office said that, as part of operations aimed at countering the "hostile acts and harassment of the terrorist American army" against residents of southern Iran, the Army launched waves of drone operations against American bases and the radar systems of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIRGC says operations continue\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe IRGC also described the Islamic Republic's response to enemy aggression as ongoing amid reports that the American attacks were followed by additional blasts in Jask.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIt added that, should the United States continue its actions, "heavier responses are on the way."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nShortly after the latter comments, local sources reported more strikes against American outposts in Bahrain and Kuwait.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which coordinates the IRGC's and the Army's operations, described the overall counterstrikes as a "powerful [retaliatory] assault."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe headquarters likewise warned that if the United States repeated any aggression against the Islamic Republic, "heavier and more extensive strikes" would be carried out against a predetermined list of targets across the region.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIranian officials and military forces have denied any role in the helicopter crash, which was used by Washington to try to justify the attacks on Hormozgan.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThey have sternly warned that any act of aggression against the country would not go without an answer.\r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) noted how the "warmongering American regime" had attacked several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the province earlier in the day under the "false pretext" of an American helicopter's crash.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Footage captures the moment of a missile strike and the subsequent explosion at the location of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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According to the IRGC, the American strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower in Sirik and destroyed two water reservoirs in the Bemani district of the county.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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US Fifth Fleet, al-Azraq base hit in reprisal<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Corps said its Navy responded to the attacks by carrying out a retaliatory drone strike against the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The force later announced that it had also launched a missile strike against Washington's al-Azraq base in Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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According to another IRGC statement, four major targets, including F-35 warplane shelters and the command-and-control center of the "child-killing American army" at al-Azraq, were struck and destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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An informed military source, meanwhile, said Iran used long-range solid-fuel Kheibar Shekan missiles to target the shelters housing the warplanes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The IRGC added that, in total, 21 targets at American air and naval bases across the region were hit throughout the reprisal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Army reports drone strikes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Additionally, the Iranian Army's Public Relations Office said that, as part of operations aimed at countering the "hostile acts and harassment of the terrorist American army" against residents of southern Iran, the Army launched waves of drone operations against American bases and the radar systems of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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IRGC says operations continue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The IRGC also described the Islamic Republic's response to enemy aggression as ongoing amid reports that the American attacks were followed by additional blasts in Jask.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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It added that, should the United States continue its actions, "heavier responses are on the way."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Shortly after the latter comments, local sources reported more strikes against American outposts in Bahrain and Kuwait.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which coordinates the IRGC's and the Army's operations, described the overall counterstrikes as a "powerful [retaliatory] assault."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The headquarters likewise warned that if the United States repeated any aggression against the Islamic Republic, "heavier and more extensive strikes" would be carried out against a predetermined list of targets across the region.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Iranian officials and military forces have denied any role in the helicopter crash, which was used by Washington to try to justify the attacks on Hormozgan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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They have sternly warned that any act of aggression against the country would not go without an answer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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