The U.S.military said it carried out what it called self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, while Iran said it targeted an air base used in the U.S.
attack as the two countries continued to trade strikes amid talks to end their war.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.U.S.Central Command said Sunday in a post on X that the strikes had been carried out in Goruk and the island of Qeshm “in response to aggressive Iranian actions,” saying Iran had shot down a U.S.
MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.U.S.fighter aircraft eliminated Iranian air defenses, a ground control station and two one-way attack drones “that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters,” the command said, adding that no U.S.
service members were harmed.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday that its aerospace force had targeted the source of what it called a U.S.attack on a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island in Hormozgan province.
It did not give the location of the base.FORSUBSCRIBERS00:0000:00Trump's new demand muddles Iran deal02:17In a statement carried by Iranian state media, the IRGC said that if U.S.attacks continued, its response would be “completely different” and Washington would be responsible for the consequences.The Kuwaiti army said in a post on X that it was “currently responding to hostile missile and drone threats” and that any sounds of explosions were the result of air defense systems intercepting attacks.
It did not say where the attack was coming from or what was being targeted, but Kuwait hosts a U.S.air base that has previously been attacked by Iran and its proxies.The United States and Iran have traded strikes several times since agreeing to a ceasefire in early April, including last week when Iran also targeted an air base.
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