Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it thwarted an American assault on Sirik Island in southern Iran, drove back the attacking forces, and declared the US-Iran understanding agreement "thrown in the trash." The claim, posted by an IRGC-aligned channel after midnight Saturday, is unverified. It follows a pattern of unsubstantiated IRGC assertions about attacks on US assets in recent weeks.
Just after midnight Saturday, an IRGC-aligned the source published a statement attributed to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claiming it repelled an American assault on Sirik Island in southern Iran. The statement said the Guard's naval and air forces thwarted the attack and forced the attacking forces to withdraw. Separately, the same channel posted a bulletin declaring the US-Iran understanding agreement "thrown in the trash," adding that it was predicated on the premise that "Iran and the US would not attack each other." The unnamed author called the deal "all a bluff."
As The Zioneer reported on Friday (June 26), the IRGC made a similar unverified claim on Friday evening that it had repelled a US attack on Sirik Island and vowed swift retaliation. The new Saturday statement does not provide additional detail — no location within Sirik, no time of the supposed clash, and no evidence of US military activity. The IRGC has issued a series of unsubstantiated claims about engagements with American forces since early June, including alleged warning shots fired at US warships in the Gulf of Oman and a claimed ballistic missile strike on departing US forces near Bahrain. None of those claims have been independently confirmed, and the US military has not commented.
The claim remains a single-source allegation with no corroboration. The post itself is presented as a news flash with no government or military letterhead, and the IRGC's official channels have not yet repeated the statement. The "deal" referenced appears to be the emerging US-Iran framework agreement that has been reported in recent weeks, which the IRGC has repeatedly signaled it does not intend to uphold.
2 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake