TEHRAN, Nov. 13 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday its aerospace force destroyed a US early-warning radar on Bahrain island in retaliation for an "enemy" airstrike on a communications tower in southern Iran's Sirik County.

The claim, published by official news outlet Sepah News, was not immediately confirmed by the US or Bahrain. The IRGC called the strike a "serious warning" against "aerial mischief and oil smuggling" in the Strait of Hormuz. Official media had reported a military-nature attack on Sirik County on Thursday night.

In a separate Friday statement, the IRGC Navy said that an LNG carrier suffered a "massive" explosion in the eastern Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mines on an "unauthorized and d...