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Operation Bashayer Al-Fath, Iran answers Midnight Hammer with missile strike on US airbase in Qatar

Operation Bashayer Al-Fath, Iran answers Midnight Hammer with missile strike on US airbase in Qatar

Time of India23-06-2025
As the Israel-Iran conflict continues to keep the Middle East on the edge, Tehran, on Monday, June 23, 2025, launched
Operation Bashayer Al-Fath
against the United States in response to Operation
Midnight Hammer
. As a part of the military operation, Iran attacked the US
Al-Udeid Air Base
in Doha, Qatar, a day after Washington bombed its three nuclear sites.
While Operation Midnight Hammer saw the US Air Force and Navy hitting three Iranian nuclear sites with GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker busters and Tomahawk missiles, Iran's Bashayer Al-Fath meaning Annunciation of Victory targeted America's massive airbase in Qatar.
Following the attack on the US airbase, Iranian Armed Forces issued a statement confirming that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had targeted the Al-Udeid base in Qatar with a devastating and powerful missile attack.
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'Following the blatant military aggression of the criminal regime of the United States of America against the peaceful nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the clear violation of international law, by the order of the Supreme National Security Council and the leadership of the Central Headquarters of the Rasool Al-Azam, the IRGC with the sacred code of ' Ya Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein' has targeted the Al-Udeid base in Qatar with a devastating and powerful missile attack in Operation Besharat Fatah,' the statement read.
The Iranian Armed Forces further stated that the message of this decisive action is clear for the White House that Tehran will not leave its territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national security unanswered under any circumstances.
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'This base is the headquarters of the Air Force and the largest strategic asset of the U.S. terrorist army in the West Asian region. The message of this decisive action of the sons of the nation in the armed forces is clear and unequivocal for the White House and its allies: The Islamic Republic of Iran, relying on God Almighty, relying on the faithful and famous people of Islamic Iran, will not leave its territorial integrity, sovereignty and national security unanswered under any circumstances,' the statement said.
'With the aggression of the American enemy, it became clear to everyone that the evil of the Zionists was an extension of the Americans' design. Accordingly, we remind you that in this national defense, the U.S. bases and mobile military targets in the region are not a point of strength, but rather a major weakness and a thorn in the side of this warmongering regime,' it further stated.
The Iranian Armed Forces warned Washington that any repetition of aggression by the US will lead to the acceleration of the collapse of its military pillars in the region.
'On the eve of the month of Muharram, the month of mourning for the leader and commander of martyrs, Hazrat Abu Abdullah Al-Hussein (AS), we once again warn the enemies of Islamic Iran that the era of hit-and-run is over, and the will of the country's powerful people's armed forces. Any repetition of U.S. aggression will lead to the acceleration of the collapse of the U.S. military pillars in the region, their ignominious escape from West Asia, and the realization of the common aspiration of the Islamic Ummah and the freedom-loving nations of the world in eradicating the cancerous tumor of Zion,' the statement read.
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