1h ago / 1:49 AM EST
27 U.S. military locations in region targeted in retaliatory wave, IRGC says
Dennis Romero
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said 27 U.S. military locations in the Middle East were targeted in Iran's latest retaliatory wave of counterattacks.
Iran's forces also targeted Israel's Tel Nof airbase, its military headquarters, and a large defense industry complex in Tel Aviv, the IRGC said, according to semi-offithe cial state news agency IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting).
The IRGC said missiles and drones were used in this sixth "wave" of retaliatory attacks, and it vowed to continue its warfare in response to the offensive by U.S. and Israeli forces.
"The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not allow the air raid sirens in the occupied territories and American bases to stop, and will continue to deliver repeated and regret making strikes as a different and very hard step of revenge," it said, according to IRIB.
NBC News has not immediately confirmed the strikes.
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2h ago / 1:34 AM EST
Hegseth touts 'Operation Epic Fury,' says U.S. will destroy Iran's missile production
Kyla Guilfoil
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the U.S. military's strikes on Iran, calling "Operation Epic Fury" the "most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history."
"The Iranian regime had their chance, yet refused to make a deal — and now they are suffering the consequences," Hegseth
said on X. "For almost fifty years, Iran has targeted and killed Americans, always seeking the world’s most powerful weapons to further their radical cause. Last night, unlike any previous president, President Trump began dealing with this cancer."
He said the Defense Department "will not tolerate powerful missiles targeting the American people," adding that the operation will destroy Iran's missiles, missile production and its navy.
"As President Trump has said his entire life, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," Hegseth said.
"The United States did not start this conflict, but we will finish it. If you kill or threaten Americans anywhere in the world — as Iran has — then we will hunt you down, and we will kill you," the post continued.
