Iran says it targeted US radar site in Bahrain

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has targeted a United States early warning radar in Bahrain, in retaliation for what it described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran. The claim came hours after Iran’s state news agency IRNA, citing official sources, reported that the port city of Sirik in Hormozgan province was hit by “enemy fire” on Thursday.

In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, the IRGC called the strike a “serious warning” to the “aggressor enemy” to stop what it said a series of aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz. “Should these violations and acts of aggression recur, the IRGC Aerospace Force stands in full readiness to engage without limits,” the statement said.

The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency said the Guard’s aerospace forces had “targeted and destroyed” the radar installation. According to the Reuters news agency, it is the first time since early September that Iran has claimed an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country.