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Iran claims strike on US radar in Bahrain, home to Fifth Fleet

Iran claims strike on US radar in Bahrain, home to Fifth Fleet

The Revolutionary Guards say they destroyed an early-warning radar in retaliation for a US strike in southern Iran; Washington and Manama have not commented.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they "destroyed" a US early-warning radar in Bahrain on Friday.

They called it retaliation for a US strike on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, southern Iran.

There was no immediate comment from the US or Bahrain, and the claim has not been independently confirmed.