According to a statement released by the IRGC public relations office today, in the third phase of the response to the “aggression of the child-killing American army”, the IRGC’s aerospace fighters destroyed the logistical support centers and refueling platforms of American aircraft carriers in the port of Duqm, Oman, with a heavy and surprise attack.

Earlier in the day, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces launched coordinated missile and drone strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in response to continued American assaults on southern Iran, with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army warning that any further US action will trigger harsher retaliation.

The retaliatory operations came hours after the US military resumed unwarranted acts of aggression against southern Iran, despite an earlier warning by the IRGC Navy that Washington must not use the Islamic Republic’s justified closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a pretext for such aggression.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had launched strikes on the orders of US President Donald Trump with the self-professed objective of reducing Iran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Shortly before the announcement, residents in the southern port cities of Asalouyeh and Bandar Dayyer of the Bushehr Province reported hearing several explosions, according to Fars News Agency. The exact locations of the blasts were not immediately determined.

Earlier, the IRGC Navy announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz until further notice, saying the waterway will remain closed until the United States ends its intervention in the region.