CENTCOM Completes 'Wave of Strikes' on IRGC Targets as Iran Retaliates Against US Bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait

US Central Command said it completed a 'wave of strikes' on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets inside Iran — including air-defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets, mine-laying capabilities, and communications facilities — beginning Tuesday evening, September 1, 2026 local time, in response to IRGC attempts to mine the Strait of Hormuz and target US forces. Iran retaliated with ballistic missile and drone attacks on US-linked sites in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait; Jordan's air defenses intercepted 13 Iranian ballistic missiles, Kuwait's air defenses responded to drone attacks, and Iran claimed its strike on Jordan's Camp Titin killed a large number of US troops, though US officials said there were no American casualties. President Trump said the US was conducting 'powerful strikes' on Iranian targets and warned further escalation would leave 'very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran.'