CENTCOM, the US Central Command, has said that "Iranian claims of damaging US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain are false."

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on June 5 said that its forces damaged the headquarters of the US 5th Fleet in Bahrain with missile and drone strikes.

The US 5th Fleet is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain's capital, and oversees US naval operations across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean.

In a post on X, CENTCOM said: "US forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors" on June 5.

"Initial assessments indicate six of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target. There are currently no reports of harm to US personnel," the statement read.

Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-hormuz-oil- blockade-gulf-israel/33640284.html?lbis=458414

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