Iran launched retaliatory operations against US military targets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait after fresh American strikes on many areas of southern Hormozgan province.
The commander of the IRGC aerospace force has issued a strongly worded warning to the United States, vowing to turn the region into "hell" if Washington continues to threaten the security of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has firmly denied the claim made by US President Donald Trump regarding Iran contacting him directly to end the bombing.
Shortly after the US military launched a fresh act of aggression against Iran early on Thursday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy warned that any vessel approaching the strategic waterway would face decisive action.
Iran's highest operational command unit orders closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz shortly after the launch of fresh American military aggression.
Iran denounces the United States for committing a "calculated war crime" by deliberately targeting civilian water infrastructure in the southern province of Hormozgan.
Fresh explosions were reported in southern Iran early on Thursday as the American military confirmed its fresh aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.
In a pre-dawn attack on Tuesday, US military deliberately destroyed two civilian water reservoirs in southern Iran, cutting off drinking water to thousands of residents amid scorching summer temperatures, an act widely condemned as a war crime.
The spokesman for Iran’s armed forces has vowed “harsher, stronger and more crushing” response to any US threat, amid President Donald Trump’s escalatory rhetoric.
The president’s remarks came shortly after Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that the United States would attack Iran “very hard” if no peace deal is finalized.
Trump’s renewed threats of a "harsh attack" on Iran expose a desperate, failing algorithm of coercion, as Tehran, unmoved by psychological warfare and manufactured deadlines, holds firm in the war of endurance, ready for every scenario.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna says the Islamic Republic will protect its inalienable rights in response to a “flawed” resolution passed by the Board of Governors.