Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it destroyed a US early warning radar in Bahrain, the first such claim in months. The Guard also said a tanker struck a mine while trying to sail through the Hormuz, causing an explosion.
Neither claim could be independently verified.
A report by Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted a statement by the Guard as saying the attack on the US radar system followed a US strike on a telecommunications pole in the southern Iranian port of Sirik.
Bahrain has been one of the strongest critics of Iran and is home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. The statement said the attack on the radar was a serious warning to the US to cease its strikes. It was the first report by Iran on targeting a facility in Bahrain since September. During an air war that began in February, Iran targeted US bases in neighbouring Arab nations, including Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes. Since then, Iran routinely targets oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for international oil shipments.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Friday that a liquefied petroleum gas tanker struck a mine, causing an explosion, while trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, according to State-run IRNA news agency.
The Guard said the vessel ignored repeated warnings while transiting the eastern part of the strait.