ALBAWABA - Iran's top military adviser to the supreme leader, Mohsen Rezaei, said on Monday evening that his country foiled an American plan for a ground military operation in the country.
Rezaei said in an interview with Iranian state television (IRIB) that Tehran thwarted a US ground offensive after targeting bridges in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, while emphasizing that his country would not allow the opening of a second route through the Strait of Hormuz.
The top advisor added that the miscalculations of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) leaders led to the failure of their ground offensive plan following the attacks on the bridges in Hormozgan province.
A heavily-damaged bridge which was hit by a US strike is pictured along the road connecting Roudan and Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on July 18, 2026. Photo by AMIR HOSSEIN KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP
He further mentioned that the Iranian attacks "precisely inflicted severe damage on the American base in Kuwait, and led to the evacuation of Erbil and the transfer of the American Central Command from Jordan to the occupied territories."
According to The New Arab, the U.S. focused its latest attacks on the southern provinces of Iran, including Hormozgan, where it targeted bridges and roads linking the province to Fars province, which forms the closest link between the center and north of the country and the two coastal provinces of Hormozgan and Bushehr, suggesting that the goal was to isolate the Iranian coast in Hormozgan, within whose geographical scope the Strait of Hormuz is located, from the center.
