Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it targeted and destroyed an early warning radar at a United States military installation located in Bahrain.
According to a statement released by the IRGC public relations office on Friday, the missile and aerospace strike was carried out in retaliation for a prior US aerial attack on Sirik Island in southern Iran.
Earlier on Friday, Iranian media outlets reported loud explosions following an American airstrike on Sirik Island. The IRGC later confirmed that an Iranian communications tower was hit during that raid.
The IRGC said in its statement: "IRGC aerospace forces, in response to enemy air aggression against a communications tower in Sirik, targeted and destroyed an early warning radar belonging to US aggressors on the island of Bahrain."
Despite international diplomatic attempts to defuse the broader conflict, intermittent clashes between Iranian armed forces and the US military continue, particularly across the Strait of Hormuz maritime corridor.
US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees military operations in the region, previously noted that strikes against targets in southern Iran aim to degrade Tehran's maritime surveillance capabilities along vital waterways.
Source: IRGC Public Relations
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