US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
- U.S. forces conducted targeted airstrikes against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
- A U.S. official stated that the strikes were launched after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel were observed preparing the launchers to fire naval mines into international shipping lanes.
- The operation marks the first direct U.S. military action against Iranian positions along the waterway in roughly a month.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the strike by American forces and reported that several soldiers were killed and injured during the attack.
- The military action underscores ongoing tensions over control of the energy chokepoint as Washington continues escorting commercial vessels while enforcing maritime security measures.
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Milan, 31 Aug. (askanews) - The images released by the Guardians of the Revolution show a rescue of Iranian missiles. It is Tehran's response to the first American attacks on Iranian territory after about a month of military truce, in a war that has been going on for six months and which now returns to rekindle. The United States announced yesterday that it had hit two Iranian rocket launchers on the island of Larak, in the Strait of Hormuz. Acc…
Tehran launched retaliatory strikes after US forces attacked two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island
The United States has launched strikes against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, marking its first military action against Iran since late July. US Central Command confirmed the operation on Sunday, saying Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces had been observed preparing the launchers to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the […] US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island
The conflict in the Gulf is rekindled for the first time in a month. The Guards of the Revolution claim that the attacks carried out by American forces to prevent it from placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz constitute an act of aggression.
The US targeted two rocket launchers on the island of Larak. Tehran immediately reacts with retaliation attacks on two US military bases in Jordan.
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