Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on the 28th (local time) that it attacked a U.S. Air Force base in response to a U.S. strike, Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media.
According to Iran's state broadcaster and others, the elite force Revolutionary Guard announced that at about 4:50 a.m. it carried out a targeted strike on a U.S. Air Force base.
After U.S. forces carried out additional airstrikes targeting Bandar Abbas in southern Iran that morning, it is seen as an immediate counterstrike against the Air Force base from which the attack originated.
The Revolutionary Guard labeled the U.S. attack an "invasion," saying, "If such actions are repeated, more decisive responses will follow, and the responsibility for the consequences lies with the 'invaders.'"
The Revolutionary Guard did not specify which base was targeted. However, as a missile attack was detected the same day in Kuwaiti airspace, where a U.S. base is located, questions were raised that Kuwait may have been Iran's target.
According to foreign media including AFP and Reuters, the Kuwaiti military earlier said on X (formerly Twitter) that "the Kuwaiti air defense network is currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks."
Kuwait is home to Ali Al Salem Air Base, a U.S. military installation, and has been cited as one of the likely targets Iran could strike in the current war.