Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Monday they targeted the source of an attack on a telecom facility on Sirik Island near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim News Agency reported.
“The IRGC Aerospace Force struck the air base from which U.S. forces launched an attack on a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island in Hormozgan Province, destroying all predetermined targets,” it quoted an IRGC statement as saying.
The force said that hours after the U.S. military struck the tower on the Iranian Persian Gulf island, it targeted the originating base and “completed the operation successfully”.
“If the aggression is repeated, the response will be totally different in scale and nature,” the statement warned, “The full responsibility for any such escalation will rest with the U.S.”
The renewed encounter came after a short lull in the military standoff between Iran and the U.S. in the waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman following two rounds of trading attacks in 72 hours last week.
Over the weekend, the Revolutionary Guards Navy unveiled a cruise missile-equipped high-speed boat, while the force’s air defense said it intercepted and downed a U.S. MQ-1 drone over Iran’s southern territorial waters.
According to the semi-official FARS news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, the “27 Rajab” assault boat, which was unveiled at a ceremony in Tehran’s Enghelab Square on Saturday night, is capable of reaching speeds of 100 knots, or 185 kilometres per hour, and is equipped to launch two sea-launched cruise missiles with a range of 700 kilometres.
DefaPress, a military news website, quoted the IRGC as saying on Sunday: “This morning, an MQ-1 drone of the aggressive U.S. military entered Iranian territorial waters and intended to carry out hostile operations.
“It was immediately spotted and targeted by the IRGC's modern defence missiles and shot down.”
“The territorial waters of Iran are under complete control and any aggression will be dealt with decisively,” the Revolutionary Guards warned.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Iran-U.S. talks and exchanges of messages are ongoing, rejecting as “speculation” media reports suggesting an agreement on the terms of a deal.
"Until these talks reach a specific result, it is impossible to judge them,” state-owned IRNA news agency quoted him as saying on Sunday.
“Everything that has been said so far about the Iran-U.S. talks is speculation. Speculation should not be given importance until it becomes certain,” said Iran’s top diplomat, amid reports that the U.S. has sent Iran via mediators its counter-proposal to Tehran’s draft ceasefire agreement.
In a related development, the semi-official Tasnim news agency, close to the Revolutionary Guards, quoted an unnamed “informed source” familiar with the Iran-U.S. mediated negotiations as saying that Tehran is “completely prepared for a ‘no-understanding situation’ with Washington.”
“Nothing is final yet. The exchange of texts is continuing. As a rule, Iran will make its own amendments to the text,” said the source, regarding the news that U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed new amendments to Iran’s last proposal.
“The criterion for Iran is a text that we accept. Trump's making of amendments does not mean that Iran accepts them.”
“Iran is fully prepared for a situation of lack of understanding,” the source told the agency.
Also, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that Iranian negotiators place no trust in the promises or commitments of the enemies.
“The soldiers on the battlefield of diplomatic struggle have no trust whatsoever in the words and promises of the enemy,” Ghalibaf said.Speaking during an online parliamentary session, he added that an agreement would be accepted only when it secures “tangible gains” for the Iranian nation.
“Our criterion is the tangible achievements that we must obtain. Only in return for those achievements will we fulfil our commitments,” IRNA quoted him saying.
“Until we are certain that we have secured the rights of the Iranian nation, we will not approve any agreement,” Ghalibaf reiterated.
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