People inspect collapsed telecommunications infrastructure
People inspect collapsed telecommunications infrastructure after a separate attack in Sirik on 4 September. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters
People inspect collapsed telecommunications infrastructure after a separate attack in Sirik on 4 September. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters
Iran says it destroyed US military radar in Bahrain in retaliatory strike

First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications tower

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain – its first direct attack on US military installations for months – in response to a US airstrike on a communications tower in Sirik overlooking the strait of Hormuz.