Iran launched an attack on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, two days after the U.S. struck three nuclear sites in Iran.
Explosions were heard in Qatar, multiple news agencies reported, and photos showed missiles over Qatar's capital city, Doha. U.S. and Qatari authorities said the missiles were intercepted and no one was injured. President Trump has indicated that the U.S. was given prior warning of the Iranian strike.
U.S. Central Command said, "U.S. forces, alongside our Qatari partners, successfully defended against an Iranian ballistic missile attack targeting Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base near Doha, Qatar," using "U.S. and Qatari Patriot batteries."
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted the U.S. base at Al Udeid in Qatar with a "devastating and powerful missile." Iranian state media earlier announced an operation launching missile attacks against U.S. bases named "Annunciation of Victory."
Mr. Trump called the attack by Iran "a very weak response" that the U.S. expected and "very effectively countered." He said in a pair of social media posts that 14 missiles were fired, and no Americans or Qataris were harmed.
"Most importantly, they've gotten it all out of their 'system,' and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE," Mr. Trump wrote. "I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same. "The president extended gratitude to Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani "for all that he has done in seeking Peace for the Region."
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, wrote in a post on X: "We didn't harm anyone. And we will not accept any harassment from anyone under any circumstances. And we will not submit to anyone's harassment; This is the logic of the Iranian nation," according to an automated translation. The message was accompanied by an illustration of a burning and tattered American flag on a wrecked military base.
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