The Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ public relations department warned in a statement that it considers the right to retaliate against any violation of the ceasefire by the US military “legitimate and certain.”
The Revolutionary Guards’ warning came at a time when the US Central Command announced that it had carried out defensive strikes in southern Iran last night.
The Revolutionary Guards’ statement, without directly mentioning the attacks, said that the US military “continued its interventionist and aggressive behavior in the region and entered Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf,” after which the Revolutionary Guards’ defense units “identified an MQ-9 drone after careful intelligence monitoring and shot it down.”
The Revolutionary Guards added that it also fired on an RQ4 drone and an F-35 fighter jet, “as a result of which they were forced to retreat and leave the territorial waters.” The Guards did not specify the time or location of the attacks.
The US military had earlier announced that it had carried out new strikes in southern Iran last night, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats that were “attempting to lay mines.”
According to a statement from US Central Command, the strikes were carried out in self-defense and were intended to “protect US forces from threats posed by Iranian forces.”
Iranian media reported last night that explosions were heard near Bandar Abbas and the city’s airport.
Oil prices, which had fallen significantly after hopes of successful talks between Iran and the US, have now started to rise again.
However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the new attacks on Iran that a deal between the two countries was still possible.
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