ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday said that its forces targeted a US radar facility in Bahrain with six drones, as sirens sounded in the Gulf nation and days after another IRGC attack. 

“In the second phase of a decisive and crushing response to the blatant aggression by the US military, the radar of a US air defense site at the Riffa helicopter base in Bahrain was targeted by six drones belonging to the IRGC’s Aerospace Force,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB. 

The Bahraini interior ministry called on residents to “remain calm, proceed to the nearest safe location, and follow news through official channels for the protection of public safety,” in a post on X. 

On Friday, the IRGC said that it launched strikes at a US early warning radar facility in Bahrain and claimed to have destroyed the targeted. 

However, the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) denied the claim, saying the IRGC’s drones were shot down and no injuries or damage was caused. 

The Friday attack was the first since early September claimed by Iran on US military assets since September. 

In their statement, the IRGC stressed that “the Strait of Hormuz is closed, and any further aggression by the American enemy will be met with an even harsher and more devastating response.” 

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington no longer needs a deal with Tehran, claiming the US has full control of Iran’s assets and the Strait of Hormuz, while adding that “those days have long since passed.”

In a televised interview on Thursday, Trump said that he has been urged by several Gulf states to hold off on striking Iran.

In October, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had helped Gulf countries export 1.5 billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, bypassing the Iranian blockade.

Gulf states have been subject to repeated Iranian attacks since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February. The attacks have sporadically continued following the collapse of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the US and Iran in June.

Iran has also engaged in frequent attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, while claiming other tankers have struck sea mines laid after failing to heed Iranian-approved navigation routes.

Tehran moved to restrict passage through the strait following the regional unrest. US forces later imposed a counter-blockade.