'Leave our region if you want to be safe,' Iran tells US

The US says it has carried out a series of strikes on Iranian military and surveillance sites in response to the downing of an American helicopter in the Gulf, the BBC reported.

Air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, the US military Central Command (Centcom) said.

In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched strikes on 21 targets at US bases in the region, one in Bahrain and the other in Jordan, while Kuwait's army said it was also intercepting an attack.

The US has described its strikes as "a proportional response" for the Apache helicopter downing on Monday, while the IRGC described the attacks as "vicious".

US President Donald Trump had earlier accused Iran of shooting down the helicopter and said the US "must, of necessity" respond. The two crew members survived and were rescued by an American sea drone.

Iran's foreign minister issued a threat to the US in the aftermath of the renewed US attacks, saying the country "will leave no attack or threat unanswered".

"Despite its defeats on the battlefield, the US opted to test our determination," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.

He added: "Leave our region if you want to be safe."