Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early on Monday that it struck a US air base allegedly used to launch an attack on a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island in southern Hormozgan province, according to Iran’s Mehr News Agency.
In a statement cited by Mehr, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed the base from which US forces had launched the operation against the communications facility.
The IRGC said the strike was carried out hours after the reported US attack and claimed that all predetermined targets were successfully hit.
The force also warned that any further attacks would trigger a response “different in scale and nature,” adding that responsibility for any escalation would rest with the United States.
There was no immediate comment from US authorities on the Iranian claims.
Sirik Island is located near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.
Late on Sunday the US announced it had conducted “self-defence strikes” over the weekend against Iranian radar and drone command-and-control facilities in Goruk, Iran and on Qeshm Island.
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
According to the command, US fighter aircraft responded “swiftly” following the incident, targeting and destroying Iranian air defence systems, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that were assessed as posing “clear threats” to ships transiting regional waters.
Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday US President Donald Trump said that a proposed agreement with Iran explicitly prevents Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, rejecting claims that the framework does not adequately address nuclear issues.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the proposed deal “states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon” and argued that the agreement contains extensive provisions related to Iran’s nuclear programme.- AA
