US says it struck Iranian drone command sites at the weekend
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The US and Iran traded strikes last week after the US military carried out strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz.
PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON – The US said on May 31 it conducted “self-defence strikes” on Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran’s Goruk and Qeshm Island at the weekend in what it said was a response to “aggressive” actions from Tehran.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on social media platform X that Iran had shot down a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.
CENTCOM said US fighter aircraft responded by eliminating Iranian air defences, a ground control station and two one-way attack drones.
It added that no US military personnel were harmed.
The two countries had traded strikes last week as well, with Iran targeting a US airbase after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS
