The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 22 vowed retaliation against US and Israeli targets following American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. "Operation True Promise 3 continues, and the aggressors must await responses that will make them regret and [will] go beyond their calculations," the IRGC said in a statement, adding that "American bases in the region are not points of strength but rather factors of their greater vulnerability."

The statement came hours after President Donald Trump announced that US forces had struck Iran’s three primary nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Trump later told Fox News that six "bunker-buster" bombs were used against the Fordow plant, which houses Iran's most advanced centrifuges, while Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from submarines targeted Natanz and Isfahan. (Rudaw)