Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain. It calls this a direct response to Thursday's attack on Sirik.
The IRGC now describes that attack as an 'aerial aggression' on a telecommunications tower in Sirik county, Hormozgan province, according to the Jerusalem Post and Middle East Eye. Iran's state news agency IRNA had earlier given no detail of the target or the attacker.
The statement was carried by Iran's state broadcaster, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Iran International quotes it as saying:
"If violations and acts of aggression are repeated, the IRGC Aerospace Force is on full alert for an unrestricted response"
The Jerusalem Post describes it as the first Iranian claim of an attack on US military assets in a Gulf country since early September. The IRGC also warned companies working with the US over Hormuz oil trade of 'more severe punishment', Investinglive reports.
Separately, an adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief told IRNA on Thursday that US bases farther from Iran are now within range of Iranian weapons, according to Iran International.
Investinglive says the claim is unverified. There has been no comment or confirmation of any damage from the US, CENTCOM or Bahrain, and Iran's account has not been independently checked.