{"id":5800,"date":"2026-06-01T06:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenianews.me\/En\/iran-announces-retaliatory-strike-on-us-base-in-response-to-attack-on-sirik-island\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T06:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:28:16","slug":"iran-announces-retaliatory-strike-on-us-base-in-response-to-attack-on-sirik-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenianews.me\/En\/iran-announces-retaliatory-strike-on-us-base-in-response-to-attack-on-sirik-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran announces retaliatory strike on US base in response to attack on Sirik Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has struck a US military base from which attacks were earlier launched on Iranian facilities on Sirik Island. The IRGC\u2019s respective statement was posted on its Telegram channel Monday by the Iranian state-run IRIB television and radio company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the US military\u2019s aggression on Sirik island in Hormozgan Province, an hour ago, the IRGC Aerospace Force fighter jets struck the [US] airbase from which the aggression was launched, and the designated targets were destroyed,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>It is noted that if the strikes on Iranian territory are repeated, the response will be &#8220;completely different&#8221;, and the responsibility will fall on the US.<\/p>\n<p>The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced earlier on Monday that the United States had carried out strikes on several facilities in Iran. 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