Iran's Revolutionary Guards Say on November 13 They Targeted a US Early Warning Radar in Bahrain: They Call It Retaliation for an Air Attack on a Telecommunications Tower in Sirik County, and the US and Bahrain Have Not Commented
BAHRAIN — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday, November 13, that it targeted a United States early warning radar in Bahrain, Reuters reported. It was the first such claim of an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September.
The Guards said the strike was in retaliation for what they described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran's southern Sirik county, in Hormozgan province, according to Iranian state media.
The claim came amid a fragile lull in the conflict between Iran and the United States, which began with United States and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and has since spread across the region, Reuters said. During the conflict, 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. The Guards' claim could not be independently verified, and no details of damage or casualties at the radar site were published.
Source: Reuters
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