Iran targets American base after US strikes near Bandar Abbas Airport
Iran’s IRGC says it targeted a US base after American strikes in southern Iran, escalating tensions in the Gulf region.
A demonstrator holds a poster of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Photo/AP) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that they hit a US base early Thursday (May 28), in response to the latest strikes by American forces on the country’s south, Iranian media reported.
The IRGC said that the American air base they hit was the source of the latest US strikes on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport.
“Following the aggression carried out at dawn today by the invading US military against a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport using aerial projectiles, the American air base identified as the source of the attack was targeted at 4:50 a.m.,” Fars News Agency reported, citing a statement from the IRGC’s public relations office.
It said that Tehran’s latest response was a “serious warning” to the United States, adding that its “aggression will not go unanswered.”
This comes after the US carried out new strikes targeting Iran’s military facility on Wednesday night, which it said posed a threat to the US forces.
A US official, according to Reuters, said that the US military intercepted and downed four Iranian one-way attack drones that endangered the commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The official was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Iran is ‘negotiating on fumes’, says Trump
The US strikes came after US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, asserted that Iran is “negotiating on fumes” and stressed that the November elections will not push him to make a deal in a rush. He also warned that Washington could escalate military action if negotiations failed.
“I think we’re doing very well, I think they’re starting to give us the things that they have to give us, and if they won’t, then the man on my left is gonna finish them off,” Trump said, pointing to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, as he convened a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
He also claimed that his administration has achieved “regime change” in Iran and that the country’s economy is in “free fall”.
US’ ‘self-defence’ strikes
Earlier, the US military launched “self-defence” strikes in southern Iran, with spokesman for US Central Command, Capt. Tim Hawkins, saying that the strikes were aimed at protecting American forces from threats posed by Iranian units.
“The strikes were conducted to defend our troops,” Hawkins said in a statement on Monday (May 25, 2026), adding that the military was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire”.
Washington’s “self-defence” strikes hit missile launch sites and mine-laying boats in southern Iran.
Following this, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that a deal with Iran is still possible within days.
“There were some talks going on in Qatar today, so we’ll see if we can make progress. I think it’s a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document, so it’ll take a few days,” Rubio told reporters in Jaipur.
“The president expressed his desire to make it. He’s either going to make a good deal or no deal,” he said.
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