Kathmandu. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed to have targeted and destroyed a US early warning radar system in Bahrain.

Iran’s state broadcaster said in a statement on Friday that the attack was in response to an enemy airstrike on a telecommunications tower in Siriq.

According to Gadres, the IRGC’s Aerospace Force attacked a U.S. radar system in Bahrain a few hours ago. The statement described it as a warning to stop U.S. air activity and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz. But there was no immediate confirmation from Bahrain’s capital, Manama, or the United States.

US military bases and equipment in the Gulf region have been repeatedly targeted during the eight-month war with Iran. US Central Command, which is leading US military activities in the region, said last month that it had helped export 150 million barrels of oil from Gulf countries through the Strait of Hormuz since the summer.

The war started on February 28 when the United States and Israel attacked Iran. Since then, the Gulf countries have faced retaliation from Iran. Iran has banned shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and attacked airports, ports, power stations, critical infrastructure and US assets in US-backed countries.

Immediately after the war started, the United States imposed a blockade on Iranian ports. Then in August, Washington announced a campaign to increase economic pressure with the aim of halting Iran’s trade and financial activities.

Growing discontent over the war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s Republican Party’s defeat in the recent midterm elections appear to have pushed back on the threat of further attacks.