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In a statement on Monday, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force struck and destroyed the air base from which the “aggressor US military” launched an attack on the telecom tower on Sirik Island in Iran\u2019s southern province of Hormozgan.<\/p>\n
“Following the aggression carried out hours ago by the aggressor US military against a communications tower on Sirik Island in Hormozgan Province, the fighters of the IRGC Aerospace Force targeted the air base from which the attack originated, and the predetermined targets were destroyed,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
The IRGC Aerospace Force also issued a stern warning against further military action, emphasizing that any future attacks would prompt more severe responses.<\/p>\n
“The IRGC Aerospace Force warns that if the aggression is repeated, the response will be completely different, and responsibility for its consequences will rest with the aggressor and child-killing US regime,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
The developments came after the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Sunday that it conducted “self-defense strikes” over the weekend against Iranian radar and drone command-and-control facilities in the city of Goruk and on Qeshm Island.<\/p>\n
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday,” CENTCOM said\u00a0in response to what it called “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US\u00a0MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.”<\/p>\n
The IRGC Public Relations Department announced in a statement on Sunday that the elite force\u2019s air defense units detected and successfully shot down an intruding MQ-1 Predator drone belonging to the \u201caggressor US military\u201d, shortly after it encroached upon Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n
It added that the multi-mission and long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft was intercepted and destroyed as it entered the Iranian skies in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n
Source: Press TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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