US conducts new strikes on Iranian targets, officials say

Crowds of mourners took to the streets of the Iraqi city of Najaf on Wednesday as late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral procession made its way through the holy city, ahead of his planned burial in Iran on Thursday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and senior Iraqi officials met Khamenei's coffin at Najaf International Airport ahead of the planned ceremonies, according to state television. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was among the Iranian officials accompanying the coffin to Iraq.

Najaf is one of the holiest cities in Shi'ite Islam. It is the burial place of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammad.

Khamenei's body is scheduled to be buried in the city of his birth, Mashhad, on Thursday.

The Kuwait Army said in a post to X on Wednesday morning that its air defenses were "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks."

In Bahrain, meanwhile, the Interior Ministry confirmed in posts to X that air defense sirens were being sounded.

The Iranian military on Wednesday claimed to have attacked U.S. military bases in both nations.

Iran's military said it launched on Wednesday attacks targeting 85 U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they were retaliatory strikes following a wave of U.S. airstrikes on Iranian targets.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that it targeted Bandar Salman, the Fifth Naval District in Bahrain and Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said air raid sirens were activated, adding that all "citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

Iran also claimed to have destroyed a drone "that intended to interfere with the operation."

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Lead Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accused the U.S. of "major MOU violations" after U.S. airstrikes on Tuesday.

In a statement on social media, Ghalibaf, who also serves as Iran's Parliament speaker, listed a number of items he claimed as violations of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the U.S. that temporarily paused hostilities.

Among them: "Violating Iranian adjustments in the Strait"; "Persistent threats of further strikes"; and "Reinstating oil sanctions."

The post ended: "The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold."

The U.S. said it carried out the retaliatory airstrikes in response to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.