Iran has on Sunday undertaken an attack on a US military base in Bahrain in the second attempt to hit this country within three days.
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard troops ( IRC) have announced that they have targeted the American air defence radar target at Al-Giffa Air Base in Bahrain, using six drones.
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s army has announced that its air defence systems have seized and destroyed Iranian fears before they achieve their goals, the BBC reports.
Sunday’s attack comes two days after Iran had stepped down on Bahrain, in its first attack on Gulf countries since September.
Tensions between Iran and the United States have focused on the Strait of Hormuz, which usually exceeds about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply. However, shipping in this strait has been limited since the outbreak of war in February.
Iran insists it must have control over this strait and attacked ships it considers unauthorized traffic. Meanwhile, the U.S. Army is providing protection for tanks carrying oil through it in order to ensure continued exports from Arab Gulf states.
On Sunday, while alarm sirens were heard in Bahrain, the interior ministry called on citizens to head to the nearest safe shelters.
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry condemned Iranian attacks, making Tehran responsible for their consequences.
Bahrain’s kingdom condemns in the harshest terms Iran’s continuing brutal attacks on its territory and holds Iran completely responsible for their consequences, the ministry’s response said.
In a statement published by Iranian state broadcaster Garda Revolutionary claimed Hormuz’s Strait is closed and warned that any American aggression will face an even more severe response.
Earlier this week, the IRC had claimed to have hit an American early warning radar system in Bahrain during Friday’s attack.
However, the US Army had denied these claims, saying the Revolutionary Guard had issued two offensive fears towards Bahrain, but both had been toppled by American forces. According to her, there were no injuries or material damage in the incident.
Meanwhile, American officials have confirmed that the US had carried out limited attacks on the Iranian island of laugh, in the Strait of Hormuz. According to them, the attacks had a defensive character and were undertaken in response to Revolutionary Guard shootings against an American aircraft.
Iranian state news agency IRNA reported explosions on the island smiling Monday. Revolutionary Guard did not comment on the attacks, but claimed it had dropped two American MQM-170-type fears south of the island and an MQ-9 threat east of the Hormuz Strait.
The US and Iran had reached a preliminary agreement in June on ending the war and reopening the Hormuz Strait. However, the deal collapsed within weeks, after Iran resumed attacks on ships, and the US restored the naval blockade to Iranian ports.
Iranian negotiators, in co-operation with the mediators, had discussed a proposal to reopen the strait within two days, if the US would meet seven conditions. These were reportedly involved removing the naval blockade and releasing Iran’s frozen assets.
However, US President Donald Trump stated this week that the US was no longer interested in an agreement to conclude the war with Iran. He also ordered vice president JD Vance, who was involved in efforts to resume negotiations, to focus on domestic American politics.
Source Layer: Dukeagini