Iran Attacks US Military Base in Gulf for First Time in Nearly 2 Months
By The Media Line Staff
Iran acknowledged launching an attack against a US military installation in Bahrain on Friday, its first reported strike targeting American military assets in the Gulf in nearly two months. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces intercepted two Iranian drones and denied Tehran’s claim that it had destroyed a military radar system.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) described the operation as retaliation for an American airstrike against a communications tower in Sirik, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“A few hours ago, the IRGC’s aerospace forces, in response to the enemy’s aerial aggression against a communication tower in Sirik, targeted and destroyed the early warning radar of the aggressor US military in Bahrain,” the IRGC said, adding that “this is a serious warning” to Washington.
CENTCOM reported no casualties or damage and rejected the Iranian account.
The incident followed weeks during which American forces continued striking Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran largely avoided attacks on US military installations in Gulf countries. Since early September, Iranian operations have concentrated primarily on disrupting maritime traffic.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump dismissed the need for further negotiations with Tehran and directed Vice President JD Vance to focus on the administration’s domestic anti-fraud campaign.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”
President Trump also warned that American forces remained “locked and loaded” and were monitoring Pickaxe Mountain, a facility associated with Iran’s nuclear program.
“If something does not work out, I would not hesitate” to act, President Trump told conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had instructed his government “to end the state of neither war nor peace.”
Meanwhile, maritime intelligence group Lloyd’s List reported Friday that attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz reached a conflict-high 37 in October, followed by at least 14 confirmed incidents in November. Oil shipments have nevertheless continued through the waterway.
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