BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. The Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched missile and drone strikes
in opposition to the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
and a U.S. airbase in one of many international locations of the area, the IRGC
mentioned in an announcement, Pattern reviews.
Tehran mentioned the assaults have been carried out in response to a U.S.
strike on an Iranian army facility on Qeshm Island.
In accordance with the assertion, U.S. forces performed an airstrike
on a communications tower belonging to the IRGC and positioned within the
southern a part of Qeshm Island. The IRGC mentioned that, in response, its
Aerospace Drive focused a U.S. airbase and helicopter touchdown website
within the area, in addition to the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth
Fleet, utilizing missiles and drones.
The assertion additionally mentioned that the IRGC struck a vessel linked to
the US in response to an assault by U.S. forces on an
Iranian oil tanker close to the Strait of Hormuz.
