Iran's IRGC attacks US Fifth Fleet headquarters, airbase, local media reports

June 3 (Reuters) - ‌Iran's Revolutionary ​Guards ​Corps has attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet ‌headquarters and an airbase and ⁠helicopters in a regional country using ‌missiles and drones, ‌Iranian media reported on Wednesday, in response to what the ​IRGC described as a U.S. attack on an ⁠a communications tower south of Qeshm Island.

IRGC ​navy also targeted a vessel it identified as Panaya ​with missiles in ‌response to what it said was a U.S. ⁠attack on an Iranian tanker near the Strait of Hormuz ⁠with a projectile that damaged the ​engine room, Iranian media reported.

"Disrupting the security of the Strait of Hormuz ‌will carry a heavy price for the U.S. ‌military," local media cited ⁠the IRGC as ‌saying.

(Reporting by ​Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Christopher ‌Cushing)

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