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The tit-for-tat strikes marked the first incident of violence between the US and Iran since a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the two countries last week. The MOU – the first of its kind signed by the US and Iran since the latter’s 1979 Islamic revolution – extended a fragile ceasefire and set a 60-day window for talks to achieve a lasting peace.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated earlier on Saturday that it had targeted several sites of the “US terrorist army in the region”, without specifying where. The strikes came following the US military stated it struck Iranian missile and drone locations overnight, as well as coastal radar sites, in what it stated was a response to an Iranian drone attack on a ship in the strait of Hormuz.
No damage or casualties were documented in the attack on a tanker in the strait of Hormuz. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, although Iran was suspected to be behind it.
Bahrain’s foreign ministry stated a “number of drones” were launched at the country, though there were no immediate reports of damage. It condemned the attack and described it as a “flagrant threat to the security of citizens and residents”.
No immediate reports of damage following Bahrain hit by ‘number of drones’ as ship in strait of Hormuz additionally targeted No immediate reports of damage following Bahrain hit by ‘number of drones’ as ship in strait of Hormuz additionally targeted Bahrain has stated it was attacked by Iran with drones on Saturday, apparently in response to overnight US strikes on Iran. A ship in the strait of Hormuz was additionally attacked.
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