U.S. military carries out limited attacks in southern Iran, U.S. official says

The U.S. military shot down multiple incoming drones and struck one ground control station inside Iran today that the military assessed as presenting a direct threat to U.S. forces and commercial shipping, according to a U.S. official.

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The strikes were near the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, and the official described the strikes as defensive because the drones presented a threat to U.S. forces near the Strait of Hormuz and to commercial shipping that was transiting the area.

The official said that the attacks were limited and do not represent a resumption of major combat operations against Iran.

The drones, which the official said belonged to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, did not hit any military or civilian target.

A U.S. official told NBC News on Monday that “very limited” and “very precise” attacks were carried out by the U.S. military after a series of missile, drone and small boat launches by the IRGC.