[News] True Promise 4 waves 14-15: IRGC targets US air base in Bahrain

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True Promise 4 waves 14-15: IRGC targets US air base in Bahrain
Al Mayadeen English
March 3, 2026
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Iran's IRGC announces the 15th wave of Operation True Promise 4, striking
Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.

   - [image: Satellite image taken by 2026 Planet Labs PBC on March 1, 2026
   shows a view of smoke rising from damage at the US Fifth fleet naval base
   in Manama, Bahrain after it was hit by Iranian strikes. (2026 PLANET LABS
   PBC via AFP)]
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   Satellite image taken by 2026 Planet Labs PBC on March 1, 2026, shows a
   view of smoke rising from damage at the US Fifth fleet naval base in
   Manama, Bahrain, after it was hit by Iranian strikes. (2026 PLANET LABS PBC
   via *AFP*)

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Tuesday the
completion of the 15th wave of Operation True Promise 4, carried out by its
naval force using a series of special operational measures targeting US
forces across the region.

Per the IRGC statement, 10 vital and strategic targets at Sheikh Isa Air
Base in Bahrain, including command centers and equipment facilities
belonging to US forces, were directly struck by Iranian missiles.

Field monitoring and satellite reconnaissance indicated that the base's
infrastructure had been rendered completely out of service, with reports of
internal disarray and the withdrawal of US personnel from the site.

Incidentally, *AFP* correspondents reported hearing multiple explosions on
Tuesday in both Manama and Doha, as sirens sounded across the Bahraini
capital.
Wave 14

The 15th wave follows in rapid succession from earlier strikes. The IRGC
announced the 14th wave early morning on Tuesday, also targeting Sheikh Isa
Air Base in a combined drone and missile assault.

The IRGC said 20 drones and three missiles struck their intended targets,
destroying the base's main command and HQ, setting its fuel tanks ablaze,
with plumes of fire and smoke visible over a wide area.

Hours earlier, overnight Monday, the IRGC declared the launch of the 13th
wave of the operation, targeting US Marine Corps positions at Camp Arifjan
in Kuwait using one-way attack drones.

The statement also reported that remaining facilities linked to the US
naval fleet in Bahrain were struck and destroyed by six additional one-way
drones. The IRGC further stated that the fuel tanker Athens Nova remained
ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by two drones in an earlier
strike.
Second US THAAD missile defense system in West Asia destroyed

In a related context, the IRGC Public Relations announced that "precision
missiles launched by the IRGC Aerospace Force have struck and disabled the
second US THAAD missile defense system in West Asia, putting it out of
service."

The statement added that the "THAAD radar stationed at Al-Ruwais base in
the United Arab Emirates had been destroyed the previous day."

According to the IRGC, with the elimination of these two systems, the
Islamic Republic of Iran’s missile capabilities are now able to reach their
intended targets successfully.
US, 'Israel' framing Iran for regional non-military strikes

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters stated on Tuesday that all
attacks carried out by Iranian armed forces are directed exclusively
against Israeli targets and US military and security infrastructure across
the region, and are not aimed at any third party.

The headquarters accused "Israel" and the United States of deliberately
striking diplomatic centers and the infrastructure of regional countries in
a bid to implicate Iran, describing the tactic as a desperate attempt to
extricate themselves from an unwinnable confrontation.

Khatam al-Anbiya emphasized that Iran holds no hostility toward its
neighbors and remains committed to preserving regional security and
stability, warning that the broader US-Israeli strategy is designed to sow
discord among regional states as a means of escaping an inevitable defeat.

It declared that both "Israel" and the United States are in a state of
collapse, and that "the enemies have no choice but to accept defeat in the
war they have imposed on Iran."
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