Iran Launches Missile Barrage at US Fifth Fleet Base in Bahrain, Strikes Tel Aviv

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced a large-scale operation called “True Promise 4,” saying it launched multiple waves of strikes that targeted strategic American and Israeli sites across the region, including the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and areas in and around Tel Aviv such as Be’er Ya’akov.

“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced launching multiple new waves of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 against sensitive and strategic American and Zionist targets”

PressTV

PressTV reported the IRGC described the latest activity as part of the “37th wave” of the operation and said hostile targets in Erbil, Bahrain and Be’er Ya’akov were struck.

PressTV

The Hans India likewise reported the IRGC said Operation True Promise 4 has involved hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones striking strategic locations including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem (al-Quds) and the technology hub of Be’er Sheva.

Iranian outlets provided technical descriptions of the missiles and drones used, saying some projectiles were heavy, multi-warhead missiles and hypersonic-capable systems.

PressTV named specific weapons the IRGC said were used — Kheibar Shekan, Qadr and the “heavy and devastating” Khorramshahr — and said “all of the projectiles were carrying multiple warheads, with the Qadr variant carrying warheads weighing ‘one ton.’”

The Hans India

The Hans India added that the missiles use propellant mixtures of metallic powders with oxidisers, are equipped with satellite guidance and a manoeuvrable warhead, and that one missile type is reported to have a range of around 1,450 kilometres, enabling it to reach Israel from western Iran.

The IRGC framed the strikes as retaliatory and legally justified, saying True Promise 4 was launched after what it described as foreign strikes and aggression against Iranian soil.

“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced launching multiple new waves of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 against sensitive and strategic American and Zionist targets”

PressTV

PressTV stated True Promise 4 “was launched late last month momentarily after the United States and the Israeli regime began their latest bout of unprovoked aggression against the Iranian soil.”

The Hans India cited Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran’s strikes on US targets were a “legal act of self-defence” and a response to a war he said was imposed by the United States and Israel.

The strikes and related naval actions have already affected regional commerce and security dynamics, with reporting that missile attacks near the Strait of Hormuz sharply reduced tanker traffic, pushed oil prices higher, and led shipping companies to suspend routes.

The Hans India explicitly connected attacks and IRGC Navy activity to broader disruption, saying the IRGC Navy engaged facilities linked to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and that shipping giants are suspending routes as security risks grow.

The Hans India

Sources differ in emphasis but consistently describe a multi-front escalation: PressTV emphasizes the IRGC’s narrative of punitive, repeated waves striking American and Israeli targets across Iraq, the Gulf and inside Israel.

“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced launching multiple new waves of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 against sensitive and strategic American and Zionist targets”

PressTV

The Hans India highlights technical missile capabilities, the geographic reach to Israeli population and technology centres, and the regional economic fallout.

PressTV

Both outlets portray the operation as large-scale, involving hundreds of missiles and drones and explicitly naming strategic targets such as the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and sites in and around Tel Aviv.