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Iran’s Message to the Region: If Washington Hits Us, You Bleed Too Iran just answered US strikes on its territory by firing across six Arab states in one night — not against Israel, but against the neighbors who host American bases. Tehran’s retaliation wave hit Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq’s Kurdish capital Erbil, and Syria. Iranian forces formally claimed responsibility for striking the US garrison at al‑Tanf in Syria, calling it revenge for seven Iranian soldiers killed days earlier at the Bamfor base. That same al‑Tanf corridor is where a tanker smuggling Iranian weapons to Hezbollah was intercepted; now it’s a declared battlefield. The Revolutionary Guard boasted they targeted a US command base in Syria, turning a logistic junction into a prestige target. Iran’s army says it used drones, helicopters and aircraft to hit an American base in Bahrain. Kuwait’s defense ministry reported dealing with “hostile missiles and drones,” while Arab sources said a US radar in Kuwait was damaged by an Iranian suicide drone and posted footage of fires and explosions near Jahra. In Qatar, residents told Reuters they heard blasts around Doha, phones lit up with government alerts, and the defense ministry announced that air defenses intercepted multiple strikes — with a child injured by falling debris from the interception. In Bahrain, sirens sounded twice in one night and local reports said an Iranian missile slipped past air defenses. Jordan claimed it downed three Iranian missiles with no casualties or damage inside the kingdom. Iranian media added their own version: sirens in Kuwait, explosions in eastern Jordan, “Heydari” rocket salvos toward Gulf states, and ballistic missiles aimed at US bases across the region. Twenty‑four hours earlier, spokesmen for Iran’s Khatam al‑Anbiya headquarters and for the army had publicly warned that if the US struck infrastructure like the power plants and bridges hit overnight, Iran would “crush all remaining infrastructure in the region and expand the scope of its attacks.” Washington went ahead; Tehran expanded — on the soil of six third countries whose main crime is hosting American hardware and signing defense agreements. The logic is naked and brutal. The US bombs Iranian bridges, ports, power plants and military sites to “protect shipping” and “limit Iran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz.” Iran responds by proving that every radar, fuel depot and air defense battery around those US bases — in monarchies and client states — is now a valid target. American officials talk about “phases” focused on destroying Iranian offensive infrastructure, then “subsequent phases” on securing sea lanes. Iranian officials talk about phases too; theirs end with regional energy infrastructure “deprived of oil and gas resources for years.” It’s mutually assured sabotage dressed up as doctrine. The result: sirens from Amman to Manama, debris falling on Qatari neighborhoods, Gulf governments pushing emergency alerts to civilians while insisting they “intercepted most threats,” and Iran ticking names off a list of countries whose territory is now part of its retaliation theater. The US says it’s defending global trade; Iran says it’s defending sovereignty; the host states discover that renting out a runway and a radar to Washington comes with a clause written in missiles. #iran #US #Gulf #Hormuz #qatar #kuwait #bahrain #jordan #war #fakeDemocracy 📱 American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸