Key facts
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain on Friday.
- The Guards described the strike as retaliation for an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, Hormozgan province.
- The Guards' Aerospace Force said it "targeted and destroyed" the radar, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
- The US and Bahrain had no immediate comment on the claim.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, the first such claim of an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September, according to Reuters.
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, Iranian state media reported. The semi-official Tasnim news agency carried a statement in which the Guards said its Aerospace Force "targeted and destroyed" the radar and called the action a "serious warning" to stop what it described as aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.
The claim came during a fragile lull in the conflict between Iran and the US, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 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, a vital route for global oil and gas supplies. Washington imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports in response.
There was no immediate comment from the US or Bahrain. Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.