Before the shelling began, the Iranian installation was warned by radio messages that an attack was imminent.

Iraq's last air raid on an Iranian offshore installation was on July 15, at the Rostam oilfield, near the Rakhsh field.

The Navy also has destroyers and frigates in the Persian Gulf that are capable of firing on Iranian coastal installations in minutes if ordered to do so.

The fact that the Qom facility is said to be located on an Iranian military installation only reinforces this type of thinking.

The attack on the Rashadat marine platforms eliminates an Iranian military installation that reportedly posed a threat to Gulf shipping.

All declared Iranian installations are under the strict supervision of the IAEA.

Well, Israel tends to do a lot of thinking aloud on the subject of "taking out" Iranian installations.

The Security Council called on Iraq and Iran to "exercise maximum restraint" after stepped-up Iraqi air raids today on Iranian industrial installations.

Not even the most recent developments in Iran justify plans for military action against Iranian nuclear installations.

February 28: The Pentagon announces that it monitored Iranian installation of surface-to-air Hawk missiles in the Strait of Hormuz.