The United States has struck more than 5,000 targets across Iran while 50 Iranian vessels have been damaged or destroyed in the first ten days of a sweeping military campaign aimed at dismantling the country’s security infrastructure. According to details released by US Central Command, the Operation Epic Fury that began on February 28, involves a wide range of American air, naval, and missile systems targeting Iranian military capabilities across the country.

US Central Command said the campaign was launched with forces tasked to strike sites linked to the Iranian regime’s security apparatus and locations that pose an imminent threat. The operation involves a broad mix of American military assets.

The targets being struck include a broad range of Iranian military facilities. These include command and control centres, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters buildings, intelligence sites and integrated air defence systems.

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he telephoned Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to express his “solidarity with Qatar in the face of Iranian missile and drone attacks”.

Bahrain’s airspace remains closed amid repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran, but the country’s Gulf Air carrier has begun special flights to repatriate people stranded in the country since the US and Israel began their war on Iran on February 28.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to Trump’s comments on the timeline for the war, saying that it is Tehran – not Washington – that will dictate its end. IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini described Trump’s comments as “nothing but lies”.