Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB announced that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a military operation targeting a US command and control center located on board a US destroyer in the Gulf of Oman.
The report added that the attack was in response to what Tehran called US operations against Iranian ships in the region.
Iranian state media, citing a statement from IRGC’s press service, reported that Iran’s naval forces were able to accurately locate and identify the target before carrying out the strike.
The statement confirmed that the operation targeted a US command and control facility on board the destroyer, according to Russia Today.
The operation followed meticulous intelligence and field monitoring of the movements of the American naval vessel, according to the statement.
It indicated that Iranian forces carried out the attack as part of what they called their right to respond to threats and military actions targeting their interests and ships in the region.
The IRGC emphasized that this action represents a direct response to repeated American attacks against Iranian vessels in the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
It warned against the continuation of what it considered “hostile acts” against the Islamic Republic, and stressed the readiness of Iranian forces to deal with any future threats.
