The US military said Friday it shot down two Iranian attack drones headed toward Bahrain, denying Iran’s claim that it had struck a US radar system in the kingdom. CENTCOM, the US command centre covering the region, said there were no injuries or damage.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency cited a Revolutionary Guard statement that said the attack on the radar system followed a US strike on a telecommunications pole in the southern Iranian port of Sirik.
It was Iran’s first report of targeting a facility in Bahrain since September.
During an air war that began in February, Iran targeted US bases in neighboring Arab nations including Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes. Since then, Iran has routinely targeted oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for international oil shipments.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Information did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
