Iran Attacks Bahrain for the Second Time in Days

Iran launched a drone attack on the Gulf Arab country of Bahrain on Sunday for the second time in days, as peace talks between the United States and Iran have faltered.

The Bahraini Defense Ministry said the country’s armed forces had intercepted several “Iranian aerial threats” before they struck their targets. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry also issued two alerts to residents on Sunday morning advising them to seek shelter.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed that Iranian forces had targeted a radar system at a Bahraini air base.

Bahrain hosts a major U.S. military base. The American military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday’s attack, which came two days after U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, said it had shot down two drones fired by Iran toward Bahrain, without causing any injuries or damage.

The Revolutionary Guards said that Friday’s attack — which appeared to be the first time that Iran had targeted Bahrain since September — was retaliation for a previous American strike on a telecommunications tower in Iran.

After the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February, Iran launched thousands of retaliatory missile and drone attacks at Gulf Arab countries that host American military installations. Those attacks had largely petered out as the two sides entered a stalemate.