The threat to the American bases in the Middle East remains increased after strikes on Iran

On Friday, Iran said that the United States, as a “fundaler” of Israel “, would be held fully responsible” for the series of strikes that Jerusalem took the night against Tehran, its nuclear and military facilities and senior officials – deepening the concerns of reprisals concerning the American bases near Iran.

The United Nations Mission to Iran sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council to condemn attacks that killed four military commanders, an Iranian official who would have been involved in nuclear talks with the United States and two nuclear scientists, and said that the “conduct” of Israel in the region “constitutes a serious threat to international security”.

But earlier this week, a few days before a meeting between Washington and Tehran in Oman to discuss nuclear negotiations, the Iranian Minister of Defense Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened to strike American bases in the Middle East, if Israel once again hits the Persian nation.

Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday June 13, 2025. (AP photo / Vahid Salemi)

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“Some officials on the other side threaten the conflict if negotiations do not materialize,” said Nasirzadeh, according to Reuters after reporting the first reports that Jerusalem was considering a strike by Iranian nuclear installations. “If a conflict is imposed on us … all the American bases are within our reach, and we will bold them in the host countries.”

The Trump administration has announced a partial evacuation of the United States Embassy in Iraq and authorized military dependents to leave the locations through the Middle East, but it is not clear how many Americans should leave the region.

A photo taken on January 13, 2020, during a press tour organized by the coalition led by the United States, fighting the remains of the Islamic State group, shows drones of the American army at Ain Al-Asad air base in the Western Iraqi province of Anbar. (Ayman Henna / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the decision was made of an abundance of caution and told journalists “that I had to do.”

“We have a lot of Americans in this area. And I said, we were able to tell them to go out because something could happen soon, and I don’t want to be the one who did not have to warn and the missiles fly in their buildings,” he added in reference to the dreaded military climbing between Israel and Iran.

Defense officials in October 2024 said some 40,000 soldiers were stationed throughout the Middle East, many of whom are in a range of Iran strike.

President Donald Trump in May 2025 arrived to contact the troops at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, which is considered the largest American military installation in the Middle East. (Photo of Brendan Smialowsky / AFP via Getty Images)

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The US military has at least 19 sites Distributed in the region, of which eight are considered permanent, according to the Council of Foreign Relations.

These sites are located in countries that border or are geographically near Iran, notably Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.

But the lack of immediate defensive response from Iran to the Thursday evening strike of Israel aroused questions about the question of whether Tehran would be able to fight with the United States and create a third front.

An air force in the United States Air Force on the track after landing at the Invirlik air base, on the outskirts of the city of Adana, in the south-east of Turkey, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (AP photo / Emrah Gurel) (The Associated Press)

“Given that, in January 2020, Iran launched short -range ballistic missiles and precision in the American bases in Iraq for having killed Qasem Soleimani – the chief terrorist of the regime – this is not a theoretical exercise,” the Foundation for Defense of Benham Benham Ben Taleblu told Fox News Digital. “The regime has proven an ability to land these bases before.

“It is possible, and it is not theoretical, since the regime has done so in the past and lived to tell the story,” he added.

Ben Taleblu said he believed that Iran, at the moment, is trying to make sure that the United States is not only interested in engaging in a direct conflict against Tehran, but could even distant Israel.

US military soldiers train at Al-Asad air base in western Iraq. (Source: American army)

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“There is a political element with a regime continuously threatening America, which is to try to take advantage of the desire for climbing that exists in America,” added the expert. “To try to put as much light between America and Israel as possible, and to transform America of an ally or a partner of Israel, into a just observer of another crisis in the Middle East.

“This is how Tehran is politically, trying to put America on the sidelines when militarily, it could fight – militarily, it would be difficult,” added Ben Taleblu.