US says it concludes eighth night of strikes on Iran

A US missile strike hit an area near the city of Shadgan in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, the provincial security deputy governor Valiollah Hayati said on Saturday adding the strike caused no casualties.

Hayati said the attack targeted a location near Shadgan and urged residents to follow official sources for information. He did not provide further details about the target or possible damage.

US warplanes carried out another round of strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island on Saturday, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim reported.

The report said at least two explosions were heard across the island, while the locations struck and the extent of any damage or casualties remained under investigation.

Iran's army said it targeted two US military bases in Kuwait with a large-scale drone attack. In a statement carried by official media on Saturday, the army said it struck the Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Adairi in response to what it called repeated US attacks.

The army added it targeted a US ammunition depot at Camp Adairi as well as Patriot radar and air surveillance radar systems at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

Iran's army said the operation was carried out in response to attacks on bridges, infrastructure and civilian areas inside Iran, accusing the United States of targeting non-military sites.

The commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned the United States that any new military action against Iran would be met with a “decisive and devastating” response.

Major General Ali Abdollahi, in a statement on Saturday, also pledged allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and vowed to preserve national unity.

“We remind the deceitful, criminal and oath-breaking American enemy that any aggression, coercion, expansionism or brutality will be met with a decisive and devastating response from the armed forces,” Abdollahi said.

President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the US war with Iran after Democrats blamed him for the deaths of two American service members killed in an Iranian attack.

Speaking to the New York Post as the US launched retaliatory strikes against Iran, Trump compared the casualties to deaths in previous US wars and said the attack showed “how bad” Iran was.

“Have you ever asked how many people died in Vietnam? Have you ever asked how many people died in Afghanistan in one day? In one day — run by Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump told the New York Post.