{"id":1287,"date":"2026-05-28T04:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/28\/iran-targeted-us-base-in-response-to-new-strikes-irgc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:39:57","slug":"iran-targeted-us-base-in-response-to-new-strikes-irgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"Iran \u2018targeted\u2019 US base in response to new strikes \u2013 IRGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drones and missiles were intercepted over Kuwait on Thursday, the kingdom\u2019s authorities said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"67\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"7\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"365\"><strong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"306\"><\/strong>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted a US airbase in the region on Thursday in response to new strikes, marking the second armed clash between the rivals this week.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"1135\">The latest confrontation began with reports of explosions shortly after midnight in Iran\u2019s southern port city of Bandar Abbas, which is home to a naval base. In a statement to the media, a US official said American forces had shot down four Iranian kamikaze drones that <em>\u201cposed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz\u201d<\/em> and had also struck a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that <em>\u201cwas about to launch a fifth drone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1248\">The official described the actions as <em>\u201cmeasured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.05\/thumbnail\/6a164fd020302731cb23a1f7.jpg\" alt=\"An Iranian national flag bearing portraits of Iran\u2019s late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and current supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed in Tehran on May 24, 2026.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/640621-iran-accuses-us-ceasefire-violation\/\">Iran accuses US of \u2018gross ceasefire violation\u2019<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1502\">Hours later, several missiles and drones were intercepted over Kuwait, the kingdom\u2019s Defense Ministry said. Open-source analysts suggested online that the projectiles may have been heading toward Ali Al Salem Air Base near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1730\">The IRGC later released a statement saying it had <em>\u201ctargeted\u201d<\/em> a US base involved in the earlier strike on a site near Bandar Abbas Airport. <em>\u201cThe aggressor bears full responsibility for the consequences,\u201d<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1954\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The hostilities followed US <em>\u201cself-defense\u201d<\/em> strikes on Iranian naval vessels and sites in the southern Hormozgan province on Monday. Tehran denounced those attacks as a gross violation of the ceasefire reached on April 8.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1954\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Although US officials indicated this week that the sides were close to reaching a preliminary peace agreement, there are no signs that either Washington or Tehran is willing to compromise. Both countries have accused each other of setting unacceptable terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drones and missiles were intercepted over Kuwait on Thursday, the kingdom\u2019s authorities said Iran\u2019s Islamic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}