IRNA
Missiles launched in September 2025 by Iran to counter Israeli bombings
The first wave of retaliatory attacks by Iran to this Saturday’s Israeli and US attack hit several points in Israel and US air bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Explosions were heard in Riyadh. Iranian missiles intercepted in Abu Dhabi caused the death of one person.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced today the beginning of a first wave of attacks with missiles and drones against Israelin retaliation for the action of Israeli and American forces against Iran, and promises that this response will be “devastating“.
“The first wave has started of broad missile and drone attacks from the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the occupied territories,” the Revolutionary Guard said in a statement cited by the Spanish news agency EFE.
The armed force that protects the theocratic regime in Tehran said it was “response to hostile enemy aggression and criminal against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
As anti-aircraft sirens were sounded in Jerusalem and in other parts of central Israel, shortly after the attack on Tehran. “A little while ago, sirens sounded in several regions of the country after the identification of missiles launched from Iran towards Israel,” the army declared in a statement.
Israeli authorities appealed to the population, through messages sent to cell phones, to prepare to take refuge. So far, authorities have not presented a balance of damage or casualties resulting from the air strikes.
One person died in Abu Dhabiin the United Arab Emirates, after an attack and interception of several missiles launched from Iranas revealed by the country’s Ministry of Defense.
In a statement published on social media, the ministry stated that the United Arab Emirates successfully intercepted several Iranian missiles that targeted the country. To the country’s air defenses reacted with great effectiveness and managed to intercept several of these missiles”, says the statement.
“Bone WATER reserve the right to respond to this escalation and to take all necessary measures to protect its territory, citizens and residents”, adds the statement, cited by .
According to AFP, they heard explosions in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia. Minutes before, warning sirens had been heard in the city. A new wave of booms was heard in Doha and several new explosions were also heard in Abu Dhabi, near the city’s main airport, according to witnesses interviewed by .
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchicalled the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Husseinto inform you that Iran will attack US military bases in the regionaccording to a statement from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on the ministry’s website.
One of these bases is in the Kurdistan regionin northern Iraq. The Iraqi statement states that Araghchi “clarified that These attacks do not target countries involved, but are limited to military installations.”
Oman is so far the only country of the Persian Gulf that was not targeted by Iranian retaliation.
Tehran attacks US bases
The Islamic Republic launched missiles against US bases in Qatar, Kuwaitte United Arab Emirates and hit the US Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, says the .
Bahrain confirmed that a North American base in the country was reached in a “missile attack”, and explosions were also heard in the capital.
“One U.S. Fifth Fleet service center was the target of a missile attack,” said Bahrain’s official news agency, BNA. “We urge the public to follow instructions issued by official authorities and obtain information from official sources,” it added. The Fifth Fleet is the US naval contingent prominent in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
The attack was carried out by Iran and, according to Iranian state radio, IRIB, it was first response to joint US-Israel operation against their centers of power in Tehran and other parts of the country.
