US airstrikes 300+ Iranian targets as IRGC threatens Gulf Nations and US Oil Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, DC: US Central Command announced Saturday, July 11th, that American forces have completed a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, bringing the total number of Iranian military targets struck this week to more than 300, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps escalated its response by launching ballistic missiles at US bases in Qatar and Oman and threatening to deprive America and its allies of the region's energy supplies "for years to come."

Saturday's operation alone hit approximately 140 Iranian military targets using precision munitions launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels, targeting missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communications networks, and coastal surveillance positions.

IRGC strikes Qatar, Oman bases in multi-phase response

"During three nights of strikes this week, CENTCOM has struck more than 300 targets at the direction of the Commander in Chief to degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait," CENTCOM said in a statement.

Iran responded in a series of escalating stages.

The IRGC said it hit the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with ballistic missiles, destroying the fighter jet maintenance and repair center and the command center, in the second phase of its response.

The third phase involved Iran’s announcement of the destruction of logistics support centers for US aircraft carriers and refueling platforms in the Duqm port in Oman, the first Iranian strike on Oman since the start of March.

The IRGC said it struck a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted the US Navy’s supply, logistics and refuelling base in Oman.

Iran also launched ballistic missiles toward the United Arab Emirates, the first Iranian strike on the UAE in over two months, with multiple explosions reported across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Heavy air defense activity was reported over Qatar as the IRGC carried out what OSINT analysts described as extensive and large-scale attacks across the region.

IRGC warns neighboring countries: 'Time for restraint is over'

The IRGC issued a sweeping warning to every US-aligned government in the region, naming the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar alongside Oman by name.

“To all neighboring countries: The time for restraint is OVER!" the IRGC declared, adding that Iran would now target infrastructure belonging to what it called the "American-Zionist enemy" and all their regional partners.

“These attacks will be devastating, depriving America and its allies of the region's oil and gas supplies for years to come. You have been warned. No excuses left. We will strike."

In a separate statement from its naval forces, the IRGC warned that any further US military action would result in "new enemy bases in the region" being targeted, adding, "America has started the battle, but we will determine its end."

Despite the escalation, CENTCOM said commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to move and that US forces have helped facilitate the transit of more than 800 commercial vessels carrying approximately 400 million barrels of crude oil through the waterway since early May.