Florida/Tehran, July 22,IPU Media Update News: Military tensions in West Asia have escalated sharply. US Central Command (CENTCOM) officially announced that US forces launched strikes targeting key Iranian military installations for the eleventh consecutive day, carrying out the attacks under the cover of darkness. US forces stated that these countermeasures were undertaken to neutralize security threats posed by Iran to international commercial vessels traversing the Strait of Hormuz—a vital global maritime chokepoint. CENTCOM reported that the operation resulted in the destruction of Iranian military command centers, naval bases, drone storage facilities, aircraft hangars, and critical transport infrastructure.

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Meanwhile, the Iranian military launched a counter-attack, expressing outrage over the US airstrikes on its territory. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran publicly announced that it had launched missile and drone strikes targeting US Air Force bases, communication networks, and air defense systems located in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan. This has further intensified the war-like atmosphere in West Asia.