Dhaka, May 28 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said it carried out strikes Thursday morning targeting a U.S. air base in response to early U.S. attacks against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.

The IRGC said in a statement posted on its official news outlet Sepah News that a U.S. air base was targeted at 4:50 a.m. local time (0120 GMT) after what it described as a U.S. attack using aerial projectiles on an area near Bandar Abbas airport in the early hours of Thursday, adding the retaliatory attack was a stern warning, reports Xinhua.

Three explosions were heard east of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday (2200 GMT Wednesday), Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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