Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement on Sunday that its forces destroyed US HIMARS rocket systems in a drone attack on Kuwait as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes.
The US used HIMARS rocket systems stationed in Gulf Arab countries for strikes on Iran throughout the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, and the IRGC said that they were also used in recent attacks on the Islamic Republic. The IRGC added that the launchers it allegedly destroyed were “ready to fire from Iran.”
The IRGC also referenced unconfirmed reports about three US soldiers being killed in the attack, a claim US Central Command later denied. “Iranian propaganda claimed today that three American service members were killed in Kuwait by strikes from Iran. FALSE,” CENTCOM said.
“There are zero reports of U.S. service member deaths or injuries in the region. All personnel are accounted for,” the command added. Notably, CENTCOM didn’t deny that HIMARS launchers were destroyed by Iranian attacks, and videos posted on social media purport to show smoke rising from a US base in Kuwait.
Iranian forces also claimed attacks on US bases in Qatar, Jordan, and Oman, in response to the third round of US airstrikes against Iran that began on Saturday. Later on Sunday, CENTCOM announced that its forces were conducting yet another round of bombings against southern Iran as the conflict continues to escalate following the collapse of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding.
