TEHRAN – Iran’s Armed Forces have announced the destruction of a US early-warning radar installation in Bahrain and the downing of an American MQ-1 drone off the country’s southern coast, as Tehran issued a renewed warning that it would respond decisively to further military aggression.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said its Aerospace Force had targeted and destroyed a US military early-warning radar on the island of Bahrain in an operation carried out on Friday. According to an IRGC statement, the strike was conducted in response to an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province.
The statement described the radar as belonging to the US forces involved in the aggression against Iran, warning Washington against further aerial provocations and 'oil smuggling' in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force remained on full alert and was prepared to respond without geographical limitations if violations or attacks were repeated. It also warned that companies violating the rules or cooperating with the adversary would face more severe punitive measures.
In a separate announcement on Friday, the Iranian Army’s Navy said it had shot down a US MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicle near Kuhestak, along the coast of Sirik in Hormozgan Province, east of the Strait of Hormuz.
