Kuwait city: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has launched missile and drone strikes against key infrastructure and facilities at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, describing the operation as the first stage of a 'punitive response' to US attacks on Iran.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the IRGC stated that the United States had violated the ceasefire by targeting multiple locations in Iran's southern coastal provinces as well as two bridges leading to the holy city of Mashhad in eastern provinces.

The IRGC claimed that the US attacks were aimed at overshadowing recent funeral ceremonies for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and diverting global attention from the events.

The statement noted that the IRGC's Navy and Aerospace Force conducted a joint missile and drone operation 'hours after the enemy's attacks' targeting key infrastructure and facilities at the US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain.

The IRGC declared, 'The fighters of Islam will not leave the aggressions of the child-killing US army unanswered,' and issued a warning to the United States against further military actions. It emphasized that should the aggression be repeated, their responses will extend to other American bases in the region.