Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced this Friday that its forces have attacked and destroyed an early warning radar system of the United States Army deployed in Bahrain, as retaliation for a prior airstrike against a telecommunications tower in the Iranian city of Sirik, in the southern province of Hormozgan.
According to a statement released by Tasnim agency, linked to the military body itself, the aerospace force of this elite unit has explained that the operation was carried out as a direct response to the air offensive attributed to American forces against infrastructure located in Sirik.
The Revolutionary Guard has described the attack on United States military installations in Bahrain as "a serious warning" directed at Washington so that it stops what it calls "air provocations and smuggling of oil in the Strait of Hormuz".
Likewise, the Iranian military establishment has stressed that its Aerospace Force continues "at maximum readiness to respond without limits" if this type of action is repeated, and has threatened "more severe" retaliation against those companies that cooperate with the United States in the area.
So far, neither the United States Army Central Command (CENTCOM) nor the Bahraini authorities have offered comments on the extent of the attack or on the possible existence of casualties or damage to the North American military infrastructure.