Iran’s military has claimed that its retaliatory strikes against US forces in the region had forced Washington to halt its offensive and reassess its military strategy, saying the campaign had significantly damaged American bases across the Middle East.

In a televised interview, Army spokesman Brig-Gen Mohammad Akraminia said coordinated operations by the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), involving missiles, drones and air strikes, targeted US positions in Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

He said the operations were launched after the United States violated a memorandum of understanding reached last month and attempted to establish what Tehran described as an illegal shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Akraminia, Iran’s military campaign over the past two weeks focused on key US installations in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, which he described as some of Washington’s most strategically important military facilities in the region.

He claimed the attacks had inflicted extensive damage on American infrastructure, leaving several bases unable to carry out their previous missions.

The spokesman singled out the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, claiming the facility had been rendered largely inoperable by Iranian strikes.

He also alleged that attacks on US military infrastructure in Iraq’s Kurdistan region had severely reduced the operational capabilities of US-backed groups there.

Akraminia said Iran’s latest drone operations were aided by a new generation of loitering munitions, including the domestically developed Arash-2 drone, which he credited with improving the effectiveness of the campaign.

Describing Tehran’s strategy as one of “retaliatory deterrence”, he said Iran’s objective was to impose such heavy costs on the United States that it would be discouraged from carrying out future attacks.

He further claimed Washington had reached a strategic deadlock, arguing that conflicting public statements by US President Donald Trump reflected uncertainty over whether to escalate the conflict or pursue diplomacy.

The spokesman also maintained that the United States would ultimately bear the greatest long-term economic, geopolitical and security costs arising from the confrontation.

Akraminia went on to argue that neither the United States nor Israel had achieved their stated objectives during their military campaign against Iran, which he said included degrading Tehran’s nuclear and missile capabilities, weakening the regional “Resistance Front” and forcing Iran into unconditional surrender.

He further alleged that broader goals such as toppling Iran’s political system, partitioning the country and advancing Israel’s regional ambitions had also failed.

The military spokesman attributed what he described as Iran’s success to public support, the country’s leadership and the performance of its armed forces.

The claims made by the Iranian military could not be independently verified.

US officials have not publicly confirmed the extent of damage claimed by Tehran or accepted Iran’s assessment of the impact of its retaliatory strikes.