IRGC Says It Targeted US Radar in Bahrain After US Strike on Sirik

November 12, 2026
Dave DeCamp

The US has been launching strikes against Iran but hasn't been acknowledging each attack

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, September 28, 2026 (West Asia News Agency via Reuters Connect)

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Friday that its forces struck a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, an attack that came as retaliation for US strikes on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, southern Iran.
Iranian media reported on Thursday that an “enemy strike” hit Sirik, a county in Iran’s Hormozgan province along the Strait of Hormuz. So far, there have been no public comments from US officials about the attack, but the US has been launching strikes against Iran in recent weeks, mainly targeting Qeshm Island.
Some of the US strikes have been acknowledged by President Trump, but for the most part the attacks haven’t been publicized. Iranian officials have also downplayed the US strikes, though Iranian forces have also been launching attacks in the region.
Iran reportedly struck navigation systems on the Omani island of Didamar in the Strait of ​Hormuz on Tuesday, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continues to attack commercial ships.
The IRGC said on Thursday that two “offending oil tankers that had entered the prohibited and unsafe area east of the Strait of Hormuz, disregarding warnings and switching off their radar systems, caught fire after striking a naval mine.”
The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Thursday that a ship had been hit by an unknown projectile in the strait, though the date and time of the attack were unclear. It also said that on Wednesday, a tanker was struck inside the Persian Gulf near the UAE.
 

Trump Says US Doesn’t Need Iran Deal, Directs Vance To Focus on Domestic Issues

The president claims the US has hundreds of billions of dollars of Iran's money and controls the Strait of Hormuz

President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday that the US didn’t need to reach a deal with Iran and that he directed Vice President JD Vance to put his focus on domestic issues rather than diplomacy with the Islamic Republic.
Trump also claimed in the post that the US has hundreds of billions of dollars in Iran’s “money” and controls the Strait of Hormuz, signaling he plans to continue ramping up the blockade and economic war.
“I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S. The Blue States, such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many more, are all poorly run, corrupt disasters,” the president wrote.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!” he added.
Trump’s post came after Iranian officials had denied that talks were underway between the US and Iran and maintained that a deal to open the strait and end the war wouldn’t happen unless Washington meets Tehran’s conditions, which include providing sanctions relief, releasing frozen Iranian funds, and ending the naval blockade.
While Trump hasn’t restarted the full-scale bombing campaign, the US has been launching strikes against Iran’s Qeshm Island in recent weeks, and it continues to escalate the economic pressure and recently announced it would expand the blockade to land crossings. Iran also continues to strike commercial ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
All of the developments make clear that the US is still very much at war with Iran and that the situation could dramatically escalate at any time. Iranian officials continue to warn that, if the US restarts major strikes, Iranian retaliatory strikes will be significantly stronger than before and possibly expand beyond the region.