TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that its Aerospace Force destroyed a US military early warning radar in Bahrain.
According to the IRGC, the strike was carried out in response to what it called enemy air aggression on a telecommunications tower in Sirik. It said the action was a message to the aggressor to refrain from aerial provocations in the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement warned that if another attack takes place, the Aerospace Force is fully prepared to retaliate. Earlier, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that Sirik, in the southern province of Hormozgan, had been attacked.
IRNA said Sirik was targeted in a military strike, but no details of casualties or damage have been released. Hormozgan province holds exceptional strategic importance due to its location near the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC’s claim about the Bahrain radar could not be independently verified.