In a statement, the IRGC public relations office said that since early Friday, April 3, the IRGC Navy, as part of the 91st wave of Operation True Promise 4, had launched heavy attacks using a large number of Qadir ballistic and cruise missiles as well as suicide drones against military and infrastructure targets belonging to American and Zionist forces in southern Persian Gulf countries.

According to the statement, the US Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the northern Indian Ocean was also targeted with four Qadr-380 cruise missiles.

It added that in the second phase of the operation, a “secret gathering point” of American flight engineers and fighter jet pilots located outside one of the enemy’s bases in the United Arab Emirates was precisely struck with ballistic missiles. Field reports and the heavy movement of ambulances were said to indicate a high number of casualties.

The IRGC further said that another heavy assault targeted US “MQ1” drone units at Ali Al Salem base.

The statement emphasized that all traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is being monitored by IRGC naval systems, warning that even the slightest hostile movement would be met with a decisive response.

It concluded by stating that any insecurity affecting navigation in the strategic waterway is the result of the “criminal and terrorist aggression” of the United States.

The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.

The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.

In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.