India, June 3 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has claimed that it attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and an airbase and helicopters, using drones and missiles, Iranian media reported. The strike was made in response to what the IRGC describes as a US attack on a communications tower south of Qeshm Island.

The IRGC also claimed that its navy targeted a vessel called Panaya with missiles in response to a US attack on an Iranian tanker near the Strait of Hormuz with a projectile, which ended up damaging the engine room. "Disrupting the security of the Strait of Hormuz will carry a heavy price for the US military," local media cited the IRGC as saying.

However, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has now offici...