100+ heavy missiles, drones fired at enemy positions in wave 89 of retaliation: IRGC

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has fired more than 100 heavy missiles and attack drones along with 200 rockets across a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers, targeting American and Zionist positions throughout the occupied territories and the wider West Asia region. 

The coordinated operations were executed on Wednesday in conjunction with other Iranian armed forces and resistance fronts.

According to the IRGC Public Relations Department, strikes targeted military objectives and terrorist forces of the Zionist regime in Eilat, Tel Aviv, and Bnei Brak, with local sources reporting heavy Zionist casualties.

In continuation of the operation, a hideout of American terrorist army forces in Bahrain, where 80 personnel were stationed, was precisely targeted, said the statement.

Additionally, a helicopter group of the US army at the Al-Udayri base was struck by ballistic missiles, resulting in the destruction of one helicopter and severe damage to others, it added.

The statement said the latest wave of attacks will continue with further strikes today.

Strategic gains of the imposed war

The IRGC statement highlighted the achievements of the imposed war on Iran for the Islamic world, underscoring the unification of the Islamic Ummah under a single banner, achieved through the integration and coordination of resistance fronts against the unjust enemies of the Muslim world, along with the rock-solid cohesion of the Iranian nation.

The statement also highlighted the glaring consequences for the aggressors. "The difficult and stressful life in the occupied territories on the eve of the Jewish holiday, the suspension of medical services and food supplies in the United States, the escape of American soldiers from the region, and soaring inflation across the world are also among the results achieved by the delusional warmongers."

US officers killed, Israeli tanker set ablaze

The IRGC, in a follow-up statement, noted that Iranian naval forces conducted five separate operations in wave 89 of attacks targeting American and Zionist military assets across the region by employing a combination of ballistic missiles, Qadr cruise missiles and explosive drones.

The statement detailed that a hidden and sheltered gathering point of American terrorists outside the Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain was struck by a swarm of explosive drones and ballistic missiles.

According to field reports, a large number of senior officers from the terrorist naval unit were transferred to hospitals in Manama following the attack, added the statement.

At the Al-Udayri base, a center for preparing Chinook helicopters and storage sheds for their equipment was targeted with a combination of ballistic missiles and drones. One helicopter was completely destroyed, while others sustained serious damage, according to the statement.

In the first IRGC Navy operation in wave 89, two early warning radar systems belonging to American terrorists in the region, mounted on a marine structure in UAE waters and islands, were precisely destroyed, added the statement.

A tanker belonging to the Israeli entity, commercially named Aqua One, was precisely targeted in the central waters of the Persian Gulf and is currently burning, said the IRGC.

Also at dawn on Wednesday, multiple waves of explosive drones were launched toward the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group in the northern Indian Ocean, it said, adding that according to documented evidence and satellite imagery, the carrier group has fled its previous position and retreated into the depths of the Indian Ocean.

“According to analysts and eyewitnesses, the intensity of Iranian missile strikes targeting the heart of Israel and various regions across West Asia since dawn today contradicts the narrative promoted by Tel Aviv and Washington that such attacks have been reduced by 90 percent, a refrain that had become a recurring theme in American and Israeli statements,” the statement said.

The IRGC stressed that the Strait of Hormuz remains decisively and firmly under the control of the IRGC Navy.

The Strait will not be reopened to the enemies of the nation, regardless of the "ridiculous shows" of the American president, it said.

The IRGC further disclosed that precise intelligence from Tuesday’s naval assault on a hidden gathering point of American officers in the UAE confirmed that 37 individuals were killed, with many others wounded and transported to city hospitals.

The 89th wave of Operation True Promise 4 marks the latest in a series of daily Iranian retaliatory strikes since the United States and Israel launched an unprovoked military campaign against Iran on February 28.

That initial aggression included airstrikes on several Iranian cities and the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Since then, Iran's armed forces have conducted waves of decisive missile and drone operations targeting US military bases across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories, with Iran consistently framing these operations as legitimate self-defense under international law.

The resistance movements in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen have also joined those retaliatory attacks with coordinated missile and drone operations against American and Israeli interests.

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