Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Thursday that it had carried out a series of drone strikes against US military facilities in Kuwait and Jordan, describing the operations as a direct response to Washington's ongoing aggression against the Islamic Republic.

In separate statements, the IRGC said the attacks targeted key American military infrastructure, including air defense systems, fuel reserves, ammunition depots, communications facilities, drone hangars, and helicopter maintenance centers, inflicting significant damage on US military capabilities in the region.

According to the IRGC, the strikes were aimed exclusively at US military assets used to support attacks on Iran.

The IRGC said its forces struck Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, destroying a large military equipment depot, a Patriot air defense battery, and a hangar housing US MQ-9 drones.

It also announced attacks on Al-Udairi Camp, where US troops are stationed, saying the operation killed and wounded several American personnel while severely damaging helicopters and drones stationed at the base.

Additional strikes targeted Camp Doha and Camp Arifjan, both of which host US military forces and logistical infrastructure.

"The fighters also targeted a communications tower in response to the US attacks on communications towers in Iran," the IRGC said.

Addressing the Kuwaiti people directly, the IRGC rejected accusations that its operations violated Kuwait's sovereignty, arguing that it was the continued presence of American military forces—not Iran's retaliatory strikes—that undermined the country's independence.

"It is sometimes claimed that Iran, through its attacks, has violated the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of countries. However, this assessment is entirely incorrect," the statement said.

"From our perspective, the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of your country are fully respected."

The IRGC maintained that American military bases operate under US command rather than the authority of host governments.

"Therefore, it is the United States that has violated your territorial integrity and sovereignty, not us. We are attacking territories occupied by US forces—an army that knows nothing but committing crimes," it added.

Iran has repeatedly stated that American military installations across the Gulf have served as launchpads for attacks on Iranian territory, including operations that Tehran says have resulted in civilian casualties. Iranian officials maintain that military action against those facilities constitutes legitimate self-defense against ongoing aggression.

In a separate statement addressed to the Jordanian people, the IRGC said it had also targeted US military facilities in Jordan as part of its retaliatory campaign.

"O honorable and authentic Jordanian people, your brothers, the Mujahideen in the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, as part of punishing the child-killing American army and in response to its repeated attacks on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have carried out swift strikes against American bases," the statement read.

According to the IRGC, the operation destroyed a US THAAD radar system, a Patriot missile defense system, and a C-RAM radar installation.

The group also said fuel storage facilities were set ablaze, while helicopter equipment depots and maintenance hangars were destroyed during the operation.

The IRGC linked the operations to recent US attacks inside Iran, including strikes that it said killed large numbers of civilians.

It referred specifically to the funeral held in Minab for students whose bodies were recovered from beneath the rubble following US attacks.

According to the IRGC, 168 students were killed during the opening day of the conflict, adding that some of the attacks had been launched from American bases in Kuwait.

"It is our legal, religious, and logical right to target the aggressor against our country and the killer of our children wherever it launches its attacks," the IRGC said.

Separately, the Iranian Army announced the 23rd phase of Operation Saegheh, saying it had launched suicide drone strikes against additional US military facilities.

According to the army, the operation targeted ammunition and logistical supply depots at Al Udeid Base, fuel storage tanks at Ali Al Salem Air Base, and an ammunition depot at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.

The military described the attacks as part of Iran's continuing response to American military operations against the country.

The latest operations come as fighting between Iran and the United States continues to intensify following Washington's withdrawal from the June 18 memorandum of understanding that had temporarily halted hostilities after the conflict erupted in the wake of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran on February 28.

Iranian officials say the renewed US attacks have killed at least 53 people and wounded 592 others during the latest phase of hostilities, including women and children.

Since July 8, US forces have carried out multiple waves of strikes against targets inside Iran. While Washington has claimed the operations were launched in response to Iranian actions affecting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran argues that the United States has imposed its own blockade on Iranian ports and escalated regional tensions through military aggression.

Iran maintains that commercial vessels complying with its maritime regulations have been allowed safe passage, while military action has been directed only at hostile forces and those supporting aggression against the country.

Iranian officials have vowed that retaliatory operations against US military positions across the region will continue for as long as American attacks on Iranian territory persist, stressing that defending the nation's sovereignty remains a legitimate and non-negotiable right. (ILKHA)