US launches self-defense strikes on Iran radar sites as Tehran claims it retaliated by attacking air base

The US launched self-defense strikes on Iranian radar strikes in response to “aggression” shown by the clerical regime – while Tehran says it retaliated by striking an air base used by the US amid talks to end the three-month-old war.Strikes on Iranian radar and command sites located in the city of Goruk and Qeshm, an island located in the Strait of Hormuz, were carried out this weekend in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S.MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” Central Command said Sunday night.“U.S.

fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.“No American service members were harmed.CENTCOM will continue to protect U.S.

assets and interests in response to unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire.”Qeshm Island, which is dubbed Tehran’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” by western military analysts, is surrounded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy and is home to an underground “missile city.”Meanwhile, Iran claims to have targeted an airbase used by the US, without naming it.Air defences in Kuwait, where a major US base is located, were “confronting hostile missile and drone attacks” on Monday, the country’s army said on social media.Iran carried out the attack in response to a strike on a communications tower in Sirik County, located in the country’s Hormozgan province, according to the Tasnim News Agency.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force has since warned that if US “aggression” continues, the response will be “entirely different.”Brigadier General Majid Ebn al-Reza, the regime’s caretaker defense minister, warned the US Sunday “Our finger remains on the trigger” and “new surprises are on the way,” without divulging further.Talks over a peace deal are ongoing – b...