Middle East Monitoring Desk Islamabad
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the latest wave of its retaliatory operations has struck US and Israeli air and drone infrastructure as well as the hideouts of their forces across several regional locations.
The IRGC announced in a statement on March 29 that the 86th wave of the True Promise 4 operation was launched in the early hours of Sunday in a multi-stage format, involving coordinated missile and drone attacks by the IRGC Aerospace Force and Navy forces against US and Israeli targets in the region.
According to the statement, in the first phase of the operation, missile and drone strikes targeted air and drone operational infrastructure as well as weapons stockpiles at US bases, including Victoria, Arifjan, and Al Kharj.
The IRGC added that in subsequent stages, the hideouts of the terrorist forces of the US and Israeli armies as well as elements affiliated with the Komala group were precisely targeted in various areas, including Arad, the Negev, Tel Aviv, Erbil, the US Fifth Fleet, and Al Dhafra.
It further stated that the plumes of smoke and explosions across the region, and images showing the wreckage of multi-million-dollar US aircraft have thwarted efforts by officials and media outlets in US-allied countries in the region to censor reports of the Iranian strikes.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it has destroyed a US E-3 AWACS reconnaissance aircraft in a joint missile and drone operation targeting a base in Saudi Arabia, in retaliation for the hostile American attacks.
The IRGC announced in a statement on Sunday that its forces have destroyed a US AWACS (Airborne Warning & Control System) spy aircraft at a military base in Saudi Arabia’s Al Kharj.
According to the statement, the strike was carried out in response to hostile actions by the US terrorist military.
It said that following earlier strikes on refueling aircraft at Al Kharj base, a joint missile and drone operation conducted by the IRGC Aerospace Force resulted in the complete destruction of at least one E-3 aircraft, commonly known as an AWACS, which is used for airborne surveillance, command, and control.
The IRGC added that the targeted aircraft was “completely destroyed” and that other nearby aircraft also sustained significant damage during the operation.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said its forces have launched missile and drone strikes against two industrial factories associated with the US military and aerospace industries in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
“Following the malicious actions of the American-Zionist enemy in targeting the industrial infrastructure of our beloved country from the southern littoral states of the Persian Gulf, the fighters of the IRGC Aerospace Force and Navy carried out a hybrid and targeted operation, effectively hitting two industries associated with and connected to the military and aerospace industries of the US in the region, including the Emirates Aluminum (EMAL) factory in the UAE and the Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) factory in Bahrain, with missiles and drones,” the IRGC said in a statement.
According to IRGC, the EMAL factory has the longest aluminum production line in the world with a production capacity of 1.3 million tons, and the Alba aluminum factory, with investment and shares from American companies, plays a significant role in producing goods for the military industries of the US terrorist army.
The IRGC added that Iran’s response to the threats and aggressions of malicious enemies, as previously announced, will henceforth not follow the principle of “an eye for an eye,” but rather, beyond any level of aggression, will deliver a more lethal blow to the military and economic structure of the enemies.
