U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while delivering remarks to U.S. troops during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025.
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Iran’s armed forces said Monday they carried out missile strikes on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq in response to the U.S. bombings against key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.
A U.S. official told NBC News that other bases in the Middle East, including in Bahrain and elsewhere, have also received notices of imminent threats from Iran.
Iran’s armed forces boasted via state media about the “powerful and destructive missile strike” on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses around 10,000 troops.
There were no reports of U.S. casualties, according to Qatar’s defense ministry and U.S. defense officials who spoke to NBC.
Iran also launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Iraq, according to an NBC translation of state television. Both attacks were launched as part of the same operation, dubbed, “Basharat al-Fath,” which translates to “Glad Tidings of Victory,” NBC reported.
The open conflict in the Middle East had already dramatically escalated two days earlier, when the U.S. joined Israel’s military campaign to cripple Iran’s nuclear programs and hobble its regime.
President Donald Trump was previously scheduled to meet with his national security team in the Oval Office at 1 p.m. ET.
CNBC reporters are covering the conflict on air and online, reporting from Washington, D.C., London, Dubai, San Francisco and Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
