Mourners gather next to an anti-US banner as they arrive near Imam Reza's shrine for the funeral of slain Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Mashhad early on July 9, 2026. Iranians were preparing on July 9 to bury their slain leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad in northeast Iran, as new US strikes threatened to trigger a fresh escalation in the Middle East war. The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that attracted millions of mourners across various cities in both Iran and Iraq. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had struck US military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to fresh American strikes, in a statement carried by state television IRIB.
The Guards said they struck ‘key infrastructure and facilities’ at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain with missiles and drones.
They also warned their responses would expand to other bases across the region if US attacks were repeated.