Iran Claims Attack on US Military Base After Drone Interception

Tehran. Iran has claimed to have attacked a US military base. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that after US attacks on various parts of Iran from the base on Thursday morning, a counter-attack was carried out, according to Iranian state media. The IRGC has not clearly disclosed which US military base was attacked. The US has military bases in various countries in the Middle East region.

“After an attack by US attacking forces using aerial projectiles in the outer area of Bandar Abbas airport this morning, the US military base considered to be the source of the attack was targeted at 4:50 AM,” the IRGC’s public relations office said in a statement, as quoted by Fars News Agency. The IRGC stated that its response was a serious warning to the US and that it would not refrain from retaliating against US attacks.

Around the same time Iran claimed to have carried out the attack, the Kuwaiti army announced that its air defense system was intercepting “hostile” drones and missiles. However, no details were given about where these attacks originated. Three explosions were heard in the eastern part of Bandar Abbas, a strategic Iranian port and naval base area near the Strait of Hormuz, early Thursday morning local time.

A US official confirmed that the US military had shot down four Iranian drones and attacked the Iranian ground control center in Bandar Abbas, where a fifth drone was preparing to take off. CNN reported that it contacted the US Central Command for a reaction on this matter but received no response.