CENTCOM denies Iranian claim of US early warning radar strike in Bahrain

US Central Command on Friday denied Iranian Revolutionary Guard claims that early warning radar systems in Bahrain had been targeted.

In a statement posted on its X account, CENTCOM said US forces had shot down two attack drones launched by the Revolutionary Guard toward Bahrain, with no injuries or damage reported.

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Earlier in the day, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had announced it targeted a "US early warning radar" in Bahrain in response to an attack on a communications tower in Sirik.

Fars News Agency reported from Bandar Abbas that residents of Sirik Island in Hormozgan province heard explosions at several locations on Thursday evening.

The incident comes amid a relative lull in tensions with the United States, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and has since expanded to involve other countries in the region.