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US denies Iran hit early warning radar system
THE US denied that Iran attacked a US early-warning radar in Bahrain today, saying its military intercepted two drones launched towards the island nation. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said th
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the claimed attack followed a US strike on a telecommunications pole in the southern Iranian port of Sirik.
Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet.
The Guard said the attack was a serious warning to the US to cease its strikes.
During an air war that began in February, Iran targeted US bases in neighbouring Arab nations, including Bahrain, in retaliation for US strikes.
Since then, Iran has targeted oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Guard also said today that a liquefied petroleum gas tanker struck a mine, causing an explosion, while trying to sail through the waterway.
It said the vessel ignored repeated warnings while transiting the eastern part of the strait.
Iran continues to warn ships not to pass through the strategic shipping lane without its approval.
Meanwhile, a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, circulated to UN member states, was revealed today, showing that Iran had told the watchdog that discussions on monitoring nuclear activity cannot proceed while it is under threat from military attacks.
Iran highlighted “a series of persistent, explicit, and public threats by the President of the United States of America … to commit further acts of armed aggression” against Iran “particularly targeting its nuclear facilities.”
Tehran said the situation would not be resolved “until the root causes of the present situation are addressed and the essential requirements for normal safeguards implementation are restored,” the report added.
But it reaffirmed its “firm commitment to resume full implementation of its safeguards obligations as soon as the relevant legal and actual conditions permit it.”