Iran attacks US radar with drone blitz after Trump claim war 'effectively over'

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it has destroyed a radar system at a base in Bahrain in an assault using drones but this has been denied by officials who said missiles were intercepted

Iran claims to have hit a US radar system at an airbase in Bahrain despite claims by Donald Trump that the conflict between the countries was "militarily effectively over".

The US President made the triumphant comment that Iran has been "decapitated" and that there would be no need to restart bombardments because the country had been devastated.

But while oil prices have dropped over the past week at the possibility of easing tensions, the claimed attack on the Al-Riffa base in Bahrain would, if confirmed, show Iran is still capable of carrying on the war.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps made the claim that it had wiped out the US radar system at the air base after an attack by six drones but this was later denied by Bahrain which said that the attack had been able to intercept the missiles.

Al-Riffa is a main hub for Bahrain's military helicopter fleet and it is understood to use a US air defence radar system.

“The US air defence radar system at the Al-Riffa helicopter base in Bahrain was targeted by six drones belonging to the IRGC Aerospace Force,” the IRGC says in a statement posted and carried by the semi-official Fars news agency on Telegram.

A statement from Bahrain's military said that Iran is continuing its attacks on the country but that the drones had been stopped.

It wrote on X: "The General Command of the Bahraini Defence Force announces that Iran is continuing its systematic approach through its sinister attacks targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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