Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that they had targeted a United States early-warning radar in Bahrain, according to Iranian state media, as reported by Reuters.
The Guards said the strike was in retaliation for what they described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik county, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province.
It is the first such claim of an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September, Reuters reported.
The claim came amid a fragile lull in the conflict between Iran and the United States, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February and has since spread across the region.
Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US bases in Gulf states and sought to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
There was no immediate comment from the United States or Bahrain.
This is a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, not a confirmed strike.
Source: Reuters
