CENTCOM: Both Iranian drones aimed at Bahrain were shot down, IRGC's 'destroyed radar' claim is false

U.S. Central Command flatly denied Iran's claim that it destroyed an American early-warning radar in Bahrain, saying U.S. forces shot down both drones the Revolutionary Guard sent.

"The IRGC launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain and both were shot down by U.S. forces. There were no injuries or damage," CENTCOM said Friday morning in a "CLAIM / FACT" post on X.

The Guard had said late Thursday, in a statement carried by Iranian state media, that it "targeted and destroyed" the radar in retaliation for a U.S. strike on a communications tower in Sirik, on Iran's Strait of Hormuz coast. It warned of more attacks over what it called American "oil smuggling" in the strait.

The exchange comes during a tense pause in the war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, with the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports still in place.