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Iran strikes American military assets in Gulf and Jordan, after US hits Iranian cities
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iran</a> carried out missile and drone attacks on a string of Gulf states and announced the re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, after the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a> launched a third round of strikes across Iranian cities in a matter of days. </p>
<p>The Pentagon said it struck Iran early on Sunday, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired on a Cyprus-registered container ship it said was sailing an "unauthorised route" through the Strait of Hormuz.</p>
<p>The IRGC later said it hit another vessel, accusing it of “violating regulations”. </p>
<p>Iranian state media reported hearing blasts in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask, Qeshm Island and Khuzestan province. </p>
<p>Hours later, air raid sirens were heard in <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/bahrain" target="_blank">Bahrain</a> and the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uae" target="_blank">UAE</a>, while <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/qatar" target="_blank">Qatar</a> said it was intercepting missile attacks from which three people - including a child - had been wounded. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/kuwait" target="_blank">Kuwait</a> said it was also working to intercept an attack, while <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/jordan" target="_blank">Jordan</a> said that three Iranian missiles had fallen on its soil. </p>
<p>The IRGC said it had destroyed a command and control centre and drone hangars in Jordan, targeted a US radar site in Kuwait, and destroyed a jet maintenance centre and command facility in Qatar.</p>
<p>In Oman, it said it had destroyed “the logistical support centres for naval vessels and the refuelling facilities for US aircraft carriers at the port of Duqm in Oman”. </p>
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