Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims strike on US early warning radar in Bahrain in retaliation for airstrike on Sirik communications tower
BlockBeats news, November 13: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement via state media on Friday, claiming it had struck a U.S. early warning radar located in Bahrain in retaliation for a prior airstrike on a communications tower in Sirik County, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran. This is the first time since early September that Iran has publicly claimed an attack on U.S. military facilities in a Gulf state.
Iran has not yet disclosed the specific location of the radar, the extent of damage, or casualty information. The results of the strike remain unable to be independently verified, and the United States and Bahrain have not yet responded.
The incident comes amid continuously rising security risks for shipping around the Strait of Hormuz. Previously, the IRGC claimed that two large oil tankers exploded and lost navigational capability on Wednesday night after ignoring route warnings. Additionally, Iran has been accused of attacking navigational facilities on Oman's Didamar Island.
As U.S.-Iran military friction escalates once again, security risks in the Strait of Hormuz—a vital global energy transportation corridor—have further increased.
