IRGC carries out retaliatory strikes on US military bases in Middle East

"In response to the invasion by the US military into the southern parts of our country under the pretext of responding to the destruction of a helicopter <...> the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out strikes on certain US bases in the region," Mehr news agency quoted the headquarters’ statement as saying.

Earlier, the US Central Command reported carrying out strikes on Iran after an American Apache helicopter was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz.