Bandar Abbas and Sirik again

Third wave of strikes.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Strikes in Jam, Bushehr Province, now

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: An American drone was downed by Iran’s air defenses near Jam

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down above Jam, Bushehr Province

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: A second American drone has been shot down

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Contrary to reports no ballistic missiles have been launched yet.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Explosions heard in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iran launched a ballistic missile into Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

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— 🇮🇷/🇧🇭/🇺🇸 NEW: In a statement, the IRGC claims it attacked the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain at 02:30 AM (about two hours ago) with drones

In a separate statement, Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiyaa Central HQ also claimed U.S. bases in the region were attacked, and that if U.S. strikes continue, a ‘harsher response’ will follow.

Very strangely, there is so far no evidence for both of these claims, no alarms sounded anywhere in the Gulf.

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Something isn’t adding up.

It’s likely that drones were indeed launched at Bahrain but intercepted before any alarms could sound.

If that’s the case, that’s probably only a small part of the response—so I expect something more in the coming hours.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. CENTCOM announces the strikes are complete

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—❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: Launches from Iran, reportedly from Khomein, 4 missiles

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If these were targeting the Gulf, alerts should have sounded by now.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭 BREAKING: Sirens in Bahrain

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Impacts at a U.S. base in Bahrain

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