Iran's military said on the 8th that all US military bases in the Middle East will be "legitimate targets" for Iranian drones. The statement said the designation follows US strikes on southern Iran and breaches of an Islamabad memorandum, and that Iranian forces deployed drones to strike the US Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. Tehran described the action as a response to repeated US violations of a ceasefire.

2026-07-08

Iran's military said on the 8th that all US military bases in the Middle East will be "legitimate targets" for Iranian drones. The statement said the designation follows US strikes on southern Iran and breaches of an Islamabad memorandum, and that Iranian forces deployed drones to strike the US Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. Tehran described the action as a response to repeated US violations of a ceasefire.