Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that its November 13, 2026 attack on U.S. radar in Bahrain was retaliation for an American strike on an Iranian telecommunications tower

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The November 15, 2026 drone strike was the second time in three days that Iran targeted U.S. radar assets in Bahrain following an attack on November 13, 2026

U.S. Central Command stated that American forces shot down two Iranian drones targeting Bahrain on November 13, 2026, causing no injuries or damage

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and warned that any U.S. military action would face a severe response

Bahrain's Foreign Ministry denounced the November 15, 2026 attacks as violations of international law and rejected the use of Bahraini territory by Iran to settle accounts with the United States

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded loyalty from NATO members while accusing the alliance of failing to support his war on Iran

The United States government sanctioned Iraqi officials and entities accused of blending Iraqi and Iranian oil to assist Tehran in evading international trade sanctions

On September 5, 2026, the United States destroyed three Iranian oil tankers following attempted missile attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

On November 13, 2026, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reported that two oil tankers, one a supertanker, exploded and caught fire after striking sea mines during unauthorized Strait of Hormuz transit with positioning systems deactivated

In the weeks preceding November 14, 2026, Iranian armed forces reported several ship fires and explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, attributing multiple incidents to naval mines

On November 13, 2026, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps released video footage showing smoke rising from a liquefied gas vessel that allegedly struck a mine in the southern Strait of Hormuz

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Chief Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi warned on November 13, 2026, that the United States would face severe consequences if military actions against Tehran continued

U.S. President Donald Trump told senior national security advisers he may hold off on military attacks against Iran barring new provocations from Tehran or Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that a liquefied gas carrier suffered a major explosion after striking a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz

The United States imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports following Iranian missile and drone strikes on U.S. bases and attempts to restrict commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian state media reported that Iran launched a strike toward Bahrain in retaliation for an alleged air attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran's Hormozgan province

The U.S. military rejected Iranian claims of an attack on an American radar in Bahrain, reporting U.S. forces instead shot down two IRGC attack drones aimed at Bahrain on November 13, 2026

Iran's navy warned via state broadcaster IRIB that any unauthorized tanker traveling in the restricted zone east of the Strait of Hormuz will be set on fire by hitting naval mines

Iran's conventional navy reported that a third oil tanker with tracking systems turned off was forced to stop after striking a mine east of the Strait of Hormuz on November 14, 2026

Iranian naval forces reported on November 14, 2026, that three oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines while attempting to transit unauthorized zones in the Strait of Hormuz

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy stated that two tankers with disabled positioning systems struck a mine and caught fire in the southern Strait of Hormuz, including one supertanker