The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in its Statement No. 45 that it destroyed a THAAD missile defense radar during swift strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan. According to the IRGC, the attacks were carried out to punish the U.S. military for targeting children and in retaliation for repeated aggression against the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The statement added that a Patriot missile defense system and a C-RAM radar were targeted and destroyed, fuel tanks at the U.S. base were set ablaze, and a large helicopter equipment warehouse along with a helicopter maintenance and repair workshop were burned and destroyed.
In a direct message to the Jordanian people, the IRGC addressed allegations that Iran’s strikes violate the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of other nations, calling such judgments "completely incorrect" and stating that "the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of your government are fully respected."
The statement questioned the nature of U.S. military facilities on foreign soil:
"What kind of place is a U.S. base in a country? It is a place where Americans—and whomever they choose—enter and leave without any oversight from your border guards, and where prisoners from other countries are sometimes held."
Addressing the Jordanian public, the statement continued:
"U.S. military guards enforce order there, not your guards; American judges preside over crimes committed there, not your judges; and American law prevails, not yours. This is not limited to your military—even your Defense Minister has no right to enter without permission from the American guards."
"Therefore, it is the United States that has violated your integrity and sovereignty, not us... We are attacking territory occupied by the U.S. military, an army that knows nothing but crime."
The statement referenced grieving families in Minab who "buried the remains of their student children yesterday after finding them during search efforts under the rubble," recalling the martyrdom of 168 students on the first day of the war by the child murderers, the US military.
It added:
"These crimes continue, and some are committed using U.S. bases on Jordanian soil. It is our legal, religious, and logical right to target the invaders of our homeland and the killers of our children wherever they attack."
In an earlier statement (No. 44), the IRGC announced the destruction of a large military equipment warehouse, a Patriot missile defense system, and a U.S. MQ-9 drone hangar at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, in response to U.S. military actions and interventions in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC also reported hitting U.S. troop accommodations and two helicopter hangars at the Udairi Barracks, resulting in casualties among U.S. forces and severe damage to multiple helicopters and drones. A communications tower was also targeted in response to U.S. strikes on Iranian communications infrastructure.
In a message to the Kuwaiti people, the IRGC similarly rejected claims that its attacks infringe on Kuwait’s sovereignty, stating: "In our view, the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of your government are fully respected."
Concurrently, the Iranian Armed Forces announced on Thursday that they targeted locations in Kuwait used by the U.S. military in response to U.S. strikes on Iran.
In a statement broadcast on state television, the Iranian military confirmed conducting drone strikes against "U.S. military ammunition depots and logistical sites at Camp Doha, fuel tanks at Ali Al-Salem Air Base, and an ammunition depot at Camp Arifjan" in Kuwait.
These developments come as Iran faces continued U.S. military strikes targeting its ports, coastal observation towers, vital harbors, and civilian infrastructure. In response, Iranian forces have been targeting U.S. bases and interests across the region—from the Gulf to Jordan and Syria—as well as infrastructure tied to the U.S. military effort.
