IRGC Says "Retaliatory Attack Launched Against U.S. Air Force Base"

On June 1 (local time), Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had launched a retaliatory attack against a U.S. Air Force base.

The IRGC claimed in a statement that the United States had attacked a communications tower near Sirik Island in Hormozgan Province. The IRGC Aerospace Force then announced that it had carried out a retaliatory operation targeting the base responsible for the attack.

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The Revolutionary Guard did not specify which base was targeted, but stated that all intended targets had been destroyed. The IRGC further warned, "If such attacks are repeated, the response will be completely different in both scale and nature, and the United States will bear full responsibility for the consequences."

According to the Associated Press, Kuwait announced on the same day that its air defense systems were intercepting drone and missile attacks.

Meanwhile, on the same day, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that, over the weekend, it had struck radar installations and unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) control facilities located on Goruk and Qeshm Islands in Iran as an act of self-defense.

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