Iran launched an attack on Bahrain early Sunday, marking a fresh escalation in the regional conflict as diplomatic efforts remain deadlocked.
The latest strike follows an Iranian military claim from Friday regarding a radar facility in Bahrain. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that its aerospace forces carried out the earlier operation in response to an American strike on a communication tower in Sirik.
Bahrain has been one of the strongest critics of Iran and is home to the United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet. The reported target at Riffa Air Base is approximately 110 kilometers in a straight line from the Lusail International Circuit in Qatar.
“A few hours ago, the IRGC’s aerospace forces, in response to the enemy’s aerial aggression against a communication tower in Sirik, targeted and destroyed the early warning radar of the aggressor US military in Bahrain,” the Revolutionary Guard said, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, adding that “this is a serious warning” to Washington.
United States Central Command said that American forces shot down two Iranian drones launched toward Bahrain, reporting no injuries or damage. Bahrain confirmed intercepting Iranian aerial attacks on November 15. The recent exchange marks a renewed escalation in the conflict that has disrupted security across the Gulf since February, with Iran previously targeting U.S. bases in neighboring Arab nations.
Lloyd’s List reported that vessel attacks in the strategic Strait of Hormuz reached 37 in October, marking the highest monthly total of the conflict, with at least 14 additional incidents confirmed in November.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard also reported that a tanker struck a mine while trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, causing an explosion. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations had no immediate report of the incident, and the claim could not be independently verified.
“to end the state of neither war nor peace,” Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had instructed his government, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday
At the same time, Roman Gofman, the head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, traveled to Washington, DC, on a trip occurring as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lately tried to prod the Trump administration back into conflict with Iran. Two Israeli sources said that Netanyahu has even considered a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran, though he would still need approval from President Donald Trump to carry it out.
Gofman was expected to meet with Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, according to a source familiar with the matter, with the visit first reported by Axios. Tehran has cautioned that any fresh intensification of hostilities would cause it to significantly broaden its offensive operations, potentially striking American assets as far away as Europe.
Iranian forces also claimed that a liquefied petroleum gas tanker struck a mine and suffered an explosion while transiting the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring repeated warnings, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
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