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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that its forces will continue retaliation amid renewed U.S. strikes, which has lasted for five consecutive days and prompted immediate counteracts from Iran.

The U.S. military on Wednesday conducted a new round of strikes against Iran, the U.S. Central Command said.

"At 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT), U.S. forces launched operations for a second wave of strikes today against Iran," the command wrote in a post on X. "The strikes are targeting Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels freely transiting through the Strait of Hormuz."

The operation ended six hours later, with the U.S. forces striking Iranian command centers, air defense positions, missile and drone facilities, and coastal surveillance facilities.

Earlier on Wednesday, the command said that it had begun launching a wave of strikes against Iran at 6 a.m. Eastern Time (1000 GMT). During the 90-minute wave, the forces launched precision munitions against coastal defense systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island.

The U.S. attacks were responded with immediate retaliation from Iran. The country's state television reported late on Wednesday that hours ago, explosions were heard near a U.S. military base in Kuwait with initial assessments indicating that U.S. military equipment and personnel suffered significant damage.

This claim has not yet been confirmed by either the United States or Kuwaiti officials.

A spokesperson for IRGC said that Iran's current operations are focused on destroying U.S. offensive infrastructure in the region, with more operations to follow.

The spokesperson said that the enemy should not assume they can sustain the current dynamics of the battlefield and drag the conflict into a war of attrition.