BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. The Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched missile and drone strikes
against the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
and a U.S. airbase in one of the countries of the region, the IRGC
said in a statement, Trend reports.
Tehran said the attacks were carried out in response to a U.S.
strike on an Iranian military facility on Qeshm Island.
According to the statement, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike
on a communications tower belonging to the IRGC and located in the
southern part of Qeshm Island. The IRGC said that, in response, its
Aerospace Force targeted a U.S. airbase and helicopter landing site
in the region, as well as the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth
Fleet, using missiles and drones.
The statement also said that the IRGC struck a vessel linked to
the United States in response to an attack by U.S. forces on an
Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz.
