Iran says it targeted US radar in Bahrain
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Al Jazeera
Iran says it targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, where the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is located. The strike was reportedly in retaliation for a bombing of a telecommunications tower in Sirik, Hormozgan province, according to the IRGC cited by Tasnim.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, in retaliation for an air attack attributed to opposing forces against a telecommunications tower in southern Iran. The IRGC presented the operation as a response to what it described as air provocations and oil-smuggling activities in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera.
Iran’s IRNA news agency had previously reported, citing official sources, that the port city of Sirik, in Hormozgan province, had been hit by enemy fire. Fars, an agency affiliated with the IRGC, said its aerospace force had “targeted and destroyed” the radar installation, according to Al Jazeera.
The headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is in Bahrain. According to Reuters cited by Al Jazeera, this is the first attack claimed by Iran against US military installations in a Gulf country since the beginning of September.
The Iranian claim comes as Israel’s security cabinet ordered the military to accelerate preparations for a possible attack on Iran, according to Israeli media cited by Al Jazeera. US President Donald Trump also said he was ready to resume the war if diplomatic talks proposed by Qatar do not lead to an agreement.
