Iran targets US radar system in Bahrain in response to attack on Sirik
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Friday that it targeted a US early warning radar system in Bahrain in response to the US attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran’s southern port city of Sirik.
"A few hours ago, IRGC Aerospace Force fighters targeted and destroyed the US aggressors' early-warning radar on the island of Bahrain in response to the enemy's air aggression against a telecommunications tower in Sirik," the IRGC said in the statement.
"This is a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to stop its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz," it added in the statement.
It added that should violations and acts of aggression recur, the IRGC Aerospace Force “stands in full readiness to engage without limits.” Offending companies “that allow themselves to be deceived by the aggressor enemy will face even more severe punitive measures.”
The operation comes amid the ongoing US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic, launched on February 28 with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders.
Iranian forces have responded with repeated waves of deadly missile and drone strikes on US military bases and assets across the Persian Gulf, including facilities in Bahrain, repeatedly targeting early-warning radars and air-defense systems.
Previous Iranian operations have degraded US surveillance and defensive capabilities in the region, while American forces have continued strikes on Iranian territory, including civilian and infrastructure sites.
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that any further aggression will be met with expanded retaliation without geographical restriction, particularly in defense of the Strait of Hormuz.
Most Persian Gulf Arab countries host major US military installations and were targeted in Iranian retaliatory attacks in the weeks after the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28.
During the recent acts of aggression against Iran, some regional countries allowed the US to use their territories to launch attacks on Iran. Tehran had repeatedly warned the countries about the issue.