Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they targeted U.S. aircraft at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain on the seventh consecutive night of strikes by U.S. forces against the Iranian regime. The Guards also reported striking an intelligence data center in Bahrain and a U.S. naval fuel-support pier in Kuwait, according to state media.
The region has experienced escalating retaliatory attacks amid the ongoing conflict, which began more than four months ago. The U.S. Central Command stated early Saturday that its strikes had hit "surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities."
Kuwait reported intercepting Iranian missiles and drones, while Iraq announced shooting down attack drones over Irbil. Jordan's air defense systems downed Iranian missiles, and air sirens sounded in Bahrain. Iranian officials claim recent U.S. strikes have resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries, with new casualties reported Friday. The U.S. military also acknowledged additional injured service members.
Washington aims for these attacks to cripple Iran's infrastructure and pressure Tehran to ease its control over the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump asserted that the U.S. is "winning big in Iran" and that positive outcomes would be seen soon. Reports indicate several bridges were destroyed in airstrikes, resulting in at least seven fatalities. U.S. missile attacks struck Bandar Khamir on the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. military's Central Command confirmed hitting dozens of targets in its latest bombardments. The strikes also appeared to have caused the collapse of a surveillance tower at Iran's Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, a crucial trade route for landlocked Afghanistan. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared an image of the collapsing tower, which had circulated on social media prior to his post. Chabahar port, supported by India, has been a repeated target of American airstrikes. Iranian state media acknowledged a third round of strikes on the facility but did not immediately confirm the tower's collapse.
Iran has warned of a return to "full-scale war" if U.S. strikes continue for another two to three days. Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military advisor to Iran's supreme leader, stated, "Iran will no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses...and no political border will be safe."
Iranian authorities urged citizens to conserve electricity due to strain on the power grid from the U.S. strikes. Tehran's energy ministry cited the need for power restrictions to ensure a stable supply in southern provinces facing extreme heat and attacks on electrical facilities. Temperatures in the capital were expected to reach triple digits.
In Kuwait, an Iranian attack reportedly damaged a power and water plant, prompting calls for electricity rationing. The Kuwaiti military reported several wounded troops after Iranian drones targeted bases and camps. Iran's Guards claimed to have attacked two U.S. radar sites in Oman and the Al-Tanf military base in Syria, although a Syrian military source denied an attack, and U.S. forces stated they had withdrawn from the base earlier in the year.
Iran's Guards also reported attacking U.S. radar systems and military aircraft in Qatar, aiming to "punish the aggressor," while Doha confirmed intercepting a missile attack. A resident of Qatar described hearing air alerts and feeling his house shake from the impact.
In Bahrain, Iranian state media reported strikes targeting U.S. helicopters and planes at an airbase, leading the island nation to advise citizens to take shelter. In Iraq's Kurdistan region, drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group on Friday, an attack attributed to Iran by the exiled Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.
Iran's health ministry reported at least 38 people killed and over 400 wounded in the country since the resumption of fighting. Mediators, including China and Pakistan, have called for the U.S. and Iran to cease hostilities and resume negotiations.
The Strait of Hormuz remains a focal point of the conflict, a vital waterway for one-fifth of global oil. Iran has sought to assert control over the strait, opening fire on ships after the U.S. reimposed its blockade. Portraits of President Trump and his family, depicted above coffins draped in the American flag, have been displayed in Tehran's Palestine Square.