TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had launched a drone strike against a US military base in Bahrain in response to American attacks on southern Iran, warning that further action would follow if Washington continued its operations.
In a statement carried by Iranian media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the United States had struck several locations in the southern Iranian areas of Jask, Sirik and Qeshm earlier in the day.
“The warmongering US regime attacked several points in Jask, Sirik and Qeshm early this morning under false pretexts, damaging a telecommunications mast in Sirik and destroying two water tanks in the city,” the statement said.
The Guards added that their naval forces launched a drone attack against what they described as the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain at 2:30 am local time (2300 GMT Tuesday).
“In response to the enemy’s vicious move, the IRGC naval fighters launched a drone strike on the Bahraini 5th Navy,” the statement said, warning of “heavier responses” should US attacks continue.
Iranian media also reported fresh explosions in areas near the Strait of Hormuz during the early hours of Wednesday. The Mehr and Fars news agencies said blasts were heard on Qeshm Island and in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
Separately, Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Joint Military Command said several US military bases in the region had been targeted in response to what it called American “aggression in southern Iran”.
State media reported that the Revolutionary Guards had carried out drone attacks against the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as well as other American military sites across the Gulf.
The latest developments come after US forces launched strikes against targets in Iran on Tuesday. President Donald Trump described the operation as retaliation for the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter.
At the same time, US Central Command said the mission was a “proportional response” to Iranian aggression.
