The IRGC public relations office said its Aerospace and Navy forces carried out two waves of operations, hitting and destroying key assets at the Ali al-Salem and Ahmad al-Jaber air bases in Kuwait and the Sheikh Isa air base in Bahrain.

The statement described the strikes as punishment for the "child-killing U.S. army's" aggression against service units, IRGC coastal posts, the police command and the Bandar Abbas airport perimeter.

The statement cited a Quranic verse on proportional retaliation and concluded with the phrase: "Victory is only from God, the Almighty, the Wise."