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Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it struck US military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait after American forces hit dozens of targets across Iran, deepening the strain on a fragile ceasefire.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran strikes US bases in the Gulf after American assault 

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched a joint missile and drone operation against US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday, targeting facilities including Bahrain's Fifth Naval District and Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base.

The strikes followed a wave of US attacks that CENTCOM said hit more than 60 IRGC small boats, launched in response to assaults on three tankers, among them a Qatari LNG carrier and a Saudi-flagged supertanker, in the Strait of Hormuz. 

Iranian media reported explosions at the Kharg Island oil hub, on Qeshm Island, and in the ports of Sirik and Bandar Abbas, with no civilian deaths but several injuries from shrapnel. 

Tehran condemned the US action as a "blatant act of aggression" and a breach of the June memorandum of understanding, while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called the American response "absolutely necessary." 

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