The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it struck a US early-warning radar installation in Bahrain. It presented the action as a response to an air attack on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran.
The claim surfaced hours after the state news agency IRNA, citing official sources, said the port city of Sirik in Hormozgan province had come under “enemy fire” on Thursday.
Guard warns of further action after radar claim
In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim agency, the IRGC described the strike as a “serious warning” to what it called the “aggressor enemy”. It accused that side of staging repeated aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Guard said any repeat of such acts would prompt an unlimited response from its Aerospace Force. The IRGC-affiliated Fars agency added that the Aerospace Force had “targeted and destroyed” the radar site.
There was no immediate comment from Washington or Manama. Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Regional tensions and rival US and Iranian positions
According to international wire reporting, it is the first claimed attack on US military assets in a Gulf country since early September. The claim came as Israeli media reported that the security cabinet had ordered the military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran.
Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, warned that if the US launched another war, every military base involved, from West Asia to Europe, would become a legitimate target. US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to return to war if diplomacy led by Qatar fails to produce a deal.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, however, has argued that economic pressure on Iran is working well enough to make large-scale military operations unnecessary.
Hormuz and blockade remain at the centre
In an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, Iran’s parliament speaker and lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the Strait of Hormuz would never return to its pre-war state. He added that “the ball is now in the American court”.
US Central Command said its forces were still strictly enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports. The war began on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
