{"id":230585,"date":"2026-11-13T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-says-it-targeted-us-radar-site-in-bahrain-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:43:08","slug":"iran-says-it-targeted-us-radar-site-in-bahrain-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-says-it-targeted-us-radar-site-in-bahrain-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it targeted US radar site in Bahrain – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

IRGC claims Bahrain radar strike is a response to attacks on Iranian telecom tower in southern Hormozgan province.<\/em>
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The United States military\u2019s Central Command (CENTCOM) says it shot down two attack drones launched by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday, and that no injuries or damage were caused.
It comes after the IRGC said it targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain in retaliation for what it described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran.
Reporting from the White House in Washington, DC, Al Jazeera\u2019s Alan Fisher said neither the US nor the Iranian claims could be confirmed.
\u201cWe have what the IRGC are saying, while CENTCOM is saying there were two one-way attack drones shot down by the US as they headed towards Iran,\u201d he said.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar, reporting from Tehran, said the US has attacked telecommunications networks at military sites in southern Iran \u201cfrom time to time\u201d.
\u201cIran was not responding by attacking US military assets in the region, but now it is the first time they are doing so,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the question is, will Iran continue to attack US military assets in neighbouring countries, which could lead to another wave of war?\u201d
The IRGC\u2019s claim came hours after Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA, citing official sources, reported that the port city of Sirik in Hormozgan province was hit by \u201cenemy fire\u201d on Thursday.
In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, the IRGC called the strike a \u201cserious warning\u201d to the \u201caggressor enemy\u201d to stop what it said was a series of aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.
\u201cShould these violations and acts of aggression recur, the IRGC Aerospace Force stands in full readiness to engage without limits,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency said the IRGC\u2019s Aerospace Force had \u201ctargeted and destroyed\u201d the radar installation.
According to the Reuters news agency, it is the first time since early September that Iran has claimed an attack on US military assets in a Gulf country.
The claim comes as Israel\u2019s security cabinet has ordered the military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran<\/a>, according to Israeli media, including the public broadcaster KAN.
Iran\u2019s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has warned that if the US launches another war, every military base involved, anywhere from West Asia to Europe, would be a legitimate target<\/a> for Iranian strikes.
A Pentagon inspector general\u2019s report released in September found that Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings at US installations in eight countries, including Bahrain, in the first four months of the war.
Analysts say several US bases in the region have been rendered almost unusable.
US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to return to war if the diplomatic track offered by Qatar fails to deliver a deal.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, however, has said economic pressure on Iran is working well enough that resuming large-scale military operations is unnecessary.
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Iran\u2019s parliament speaker and lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the Strait of Hormuz would never go back to how it was before the war, and that \u201cthe ball is now in the American court<\/a>\u201c.
Meanwhile, CENTCOM says its forces are still strictly enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports.
The war began on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n

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