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The United States has executed self-defense airstrikes targeting Iranian radar installations, citing “aggression” by Iran’s government. Meanwhile, Tehran claims to have retaliated by attacking a U.S.-utilized airbase amid ongoing discussions to resolve a conflict that has persisted for three months.
U.S. Central Command reported that the operations over the weekend involved strikes on radar and command centers in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, situated in the Strait of Hormuz. These actions were in response to what was described as “aggressive Iranian actions,” including the downing of a U.S. MQ-1 drone operating in international airspace.
“In swift retaliation, U.S. fighter jets neutralized Iranian air defense systems, a ground control station, and two attack drones that posed threats to maritime vessels in the region,” stated the command on Sunday evening.
“No American personnel were injured. CENTCOM remains committed to safeguarding U.S. interests and assets against unwarranted Iranian hostility during the current ceasefire,” the statement continued.
Qeshm Island, often referred to by Western military experts as Tehran’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier,” is heavily fortified by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy and hosts a subterranean “missile city.”
Meanwhile, Iran claims to have targeted an airbase used by the US, without naming it.
Air defences in Kuwait, where a major US base is located, were “confronting hostile missile and drone attacks” on Monday, the country’s army said on social media.
Iran carried out the attack in response to a strike on a communications tower in Sirik County, located in the country’s Hormozgan province, according to the Tasnim News Agency.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force has since warned that if US “aggression” continues, the response will be “entirely different.”
Brigadier General Majid Ebn al-Reza, the regime’s caretaker defense minister, warned the US Sunday “Our finger remains on the trigger” and “new surprises are on the way,” without divulging further.
Talks over a peace deal are ongoing – but Secretary of War Pete Hegseth didn’t rule out attacks on the regime restarting if there’s no deal.
“Our ability to recommence if necessary…we are more than capable,” Hegseth said in Singapore over the weekend.
“Our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe, so we’re in a very good place.”
President Trump has once again lashed out at critics who are urging him to strike a deal just to end the conflict.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump wrote on Truth Social before unleashing a blistering attack on his opponents.
“But don’t the Dumocrats, and variously seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate when political hacks keep negatively ‘chirping’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end. It always does.”
With Post wires