Iran said it targeted American bases in the region and a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz in response to what it said were US attacks on an Iran-linked oil tanker and strikes on Qeshm Island.
The US military has rejected Iran’s claim that it struck the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and a US air base in the region.
The IRGC said the US targeted a military “communications tower in southern Qeshm Island,” which is considered part of Iran’s “arch defense” near the Strait of Hormuz. The US military earlier said it had struck an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island in “self-defense.”
Retaliatory missile and drone attacks were launched by Iran on “an American air and helicopter base” as well as the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet,” the IRGC said. US and Bahraini air defenses intercepted three missiles fired at Bahrain, US Central Command said earlier, adding that missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route.
The IRGC has warned that “any further aggression would be met with a different and more severe response.”
