Furious over the attack on three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday by the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran retaliated on Monday by firing at least 10 missiles at American bases in Qatar and Iraq.
This was confirmed by an Israeli defense official who spoke to Al-Monitor today.

Qatar hosts the largest US military presence in the Middle East, with more than 8,000 troops stationed at Al Udeid Air Base outside the capital Doha.

The US military also maintains a presence at Ain Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar province. According to both Agence France-Presse and Reuters, explosions were heard over Doha today.

Iran’s Mehr News Agency, reports that Iran’s missile operation against US bases in Qatar and Iraq has begun under the name Blessings of Victory.

A statement from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, said Iran launched a “powerful and devastating missile attack” on the Al-Udeid base in Qatar. The IRGC described the strike as a “clear and explicit” message to the White House, warning that Iran “will not leave any attack on its territorial integrity, sovereignty, or national security unanswered under any circumstances.”
Qatar condemned the Iranian attack, which it said was successfully thwarted by its air defenses, and threatened to retaliate “directly.”
“We express the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation of the attack targeting the Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said in a statement.
“Qatar reserves the right to respond directly in a manner proportionate to the nature and scale of this blatant aggression and in accordance with international law,” Ansari said. Meanwhile, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said in a post on X that “the siren has been sounded” and urged people to “remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.”

The ministry stopped short of saying an attack on its territory had occurred. A senior White House official told Al-Monitor that “the White House and the Department of Defense are aware of, and closely monitoring, potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.” There was no immediate damage assessment available. The attack is the second largest direct attack by Tehran on US targets in the region after the Islamic Republic’s response to the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020.

The United States entered the Israel-Iran war on Sunday as President Donald Trump authorized strikes on the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear sites. Tehran said the attacks “crossed a big red line” and vowed retaliation.