IRGC says it targeted a base used by US forces after US attacks on site near Bandar Abbas.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it struck a base used by United States forces in response to US attacks on an Iranian target near the Strait of Hormuz, as a fragile ceasefire comes under growing strain and negotiations to end the war drag on.“Following this morning’s aggression by the invading US military against a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport using aerial projectiles, the American air base that served as the source of the attack was targeted at 4:50 am (0120 GMT),” the IRGC said on Thursday, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe IRGC did not provide details on the location of the base, though Kuwait’s military said its air defences were responding to an “enemy” attack on Thursday.The IRGC said it targeted the base in response to what it described as an early morning US attack near Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.An unnamed US official told the Reuters news agency that the US military shot down four Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone.“These actions were measured, purely defensive and intended to maintain the ceasefire,” the official who requested anonymity said on Thursday.Reporting from Iran’s capital Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serd …
