The IRGC claims the attack on Bahrain’s radar is a response to attacks on an Iranian telecommunications tower in the southern province of Hormozgan. Published November 13, 2026 November 13, 2026 The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) says it shot down two attack drones launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday, causing no injuries or damage. in retaliation for what it described as an airstrike on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran. List of 3-item recommended storiesend list Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher, reporting from the White House in Washington, DC, said neither the US nor Iran’s claims could be confirmed. From Tehran, he said the United States has attacked telecommunications networks at military sites in southern Iran “from time to time.” “Iran was not responding by attacking US military assets in the region, but now is the first time they have done so,” he said. “So the question is: Will Iran continue to attack US military assets in neighboring countries, which could lead to another wave of war?” was a series of aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz. “If these violations and acts of aggression are repeated, the IRGC Aerospace Force is fully prepared to participate without limits,” the statement said. The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency said the IRGC Aerospace Force had “targeted and destroyed” the radar installation. First attack in Bahrain since September According to the Reuters news agency, it is the first time since early September that Iran has claimed an attack on US military assets in a Gulf country. The claim comes as Israel’s security cabinet has ordered the military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran, according to Israeli media, including public broadcaster KAN. Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has warned that if the United States launches another war, all military bases involved, from West Asia to Europe, would be a legitimate target for Iranian attacks. A Pentagon inspector general report released in September found that Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings at U.S. facilities in eight countries, including Bahrain, in the first four months of the war. Analysts say several US bases in the region have been rendered nearly unusable. US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to return to war if the diplomatic route offered by Qatar fails to reach an agreement. However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that economic pressure on Iran is working well enough that resuming large-scale military operations is unnecessary. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Iranian parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz would never return to the way it was before the war, and that “the ball is now in the American court.” CENTCOM says its forces continue to strictly enforce the naval blockade of Iranian ports. The war began on February 28 with American and Israeli attacks on Iran.
