On June 23, 2025, Iran launched missile attacks on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq, calling the operation Basharat al-Fatah (News of Victory). According to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB, about 10 ballistic missiles were fired at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. facility in the region, where about 10 troops are stationed, and another missile was aimed at a U.S. base in Iraq, believed to be Ain al-Asad. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was in response to the “blatant military aggression of the criminal United States regime” against Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan on June 22, and Israeli strikes on six Iranian military airfields on June 23.

"Al Udeid Air Base is the headquarters of the Air Force and the largest strategic asset of the US terrorist army in West Asia," — Iranian state television said, emphasizing that the operation was aimed at “destroying key centers of aggression.”

Iran's Tasnim news agency has published an infographic showing the range of the Kheibar and Fateh missiles, which are capable of hitting targets up to 2000 km away, including bases in Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE.

According to Reuters, Doha residents reported explosions and flashes in the sky caused by Qatari air defense systems. Qatari authorities said the air defenses successfully repelled the missile attack and condemned Iran's actions, calling them "brazen aggression." Qatar's Foreign Ministry stressed the right to "direct response in accordance with international law" but called for de-escalation. Qatar has closed its airspace until June 26, and airlines are rerouting flights to avoid the region.

US media, including CNN, reported that US President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kaine are in the White House Situation Room coordinating a response to the attack. The Pentagon has not yet confirmed casualties or damage, but The New York Times reports that the US has beefed up security at bases in Iraq, Syria and other Gulf states in anticipation of more strikes.

Iran’s attack followed U.S. strikes that Hegseth said “destroyed Iran’s nuclear program” using 14 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs and 20 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Trump called the operation a “stunning success,” though Iran denies total destruction of the facilities. Israel, which began attacks on Iran on June 13, shot down up to 23 Iranian aircraft on June 17, raising tensions.