The United States carried out a 12th consecutive night of airstrikes against targets in Iran, while Tehran warned it would intensify attacks across the Gulf, declaring that “no infrastructure will be safe” unless its own security concerns are addressed.

In a statement released late Wednesday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the latest military operation was intended to further reduce Iran’s ability to threaten civilian shipping and commercial vessels operating in regional waters.

Iranian media reported that the strikes hit multiple locations in southern Iran, including Bushehr, Ahvaz, Jask, Andimeshk and Sirik.

Officials in Iran’s Khuzestan province said a missile strike on the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq killed two people and injured 11 others.

As hostilities intensified, Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain reported that their air defense systems had detected incoming Iranian attacks, underscoring growing concerns that the conflict is expanding across the Gulf region.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later claimed responsibility for a new series of strikes targeting U.S. military facilities in Kuwait, describing the attacks as retaliation against Washington rather than the Kuwaiti government or its people.

In a statement, the IRGC said it had destroyed a warehouse containing military equipment, a Patriot missile defense system and a hangar housing U.S. MQ-9 drones at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

The group also claimed to have struck accommodation facilities used by U.S. forces, two helicopter hangars at Al-Adiri Barracks and a telecommunications tower.

Addressing the Kuwaiti public directly, the IRGC insisted its operations were aimed solely at American military installations.

“It is America that has violated your territorial integrity and sovereignty, not us,” the statement said. “We are attacking lands occupied by the American army, an army that knows nothing but crime.”

The latest exchange marks another escalation in the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, raising fears of a broader regional war as military operations increasingly spill into neighboring Gulf states.

The continued fighting has heightened concerns over regional security, maritime trade and global energy supplies, with several Gulf nations remaining on high alert amid the growing risk of further cross-border attacks.