Heavy fighting between the United States and Iran resumes for the first time since late July
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- US forces struck two missile launch sites on Iranโs Larak Island in what CENTCOM called limited, targeted action against Iranian mine-laying units near the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said it launched retaliatory drone and missile attacks against US positions in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, while the UAE denied reports of a missile strike on its airfield.
- Iranian sources reported deaths and damage, but accounts of the attacks and their effects differed among the parties.
US forces have attacked targets in Iran for the first time since the end of July, reopening direct fighting between Washington and Tehran around the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military command for the region, CENTCOM, described the overnight operation as โlimited, targeted measuresโ against mine-laying units of Iranโs Revolutionary Guards. US officials said two missile launch sites on Larak Island were targeted after personnel were seen preparing to fire missiles carrying sea mines into the strait.
Iranian state media said the army responded with attacks on US positions in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The Revolutionary Guards described the operation as retaliation for the strike on Larak. Iranian reports said drones targeted US helicopters and personnel at Al-Minhad base in the Emirates, and that technical infrastructure was destroyed in the Jordan attacks.
limited, targeted measures
The UAE rejected reports that its airfield had come under a missile attack. Its Defense Ministry said the armed forces remained on heightened alert and that its air force had responded to a drone detected over the countryโs territorial waters after it came from the direction of Iran.
The Revolutionary Guards also said an oil tanker caught fire after colliding with two sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian reports said two people were killed and two wounded in the US strike on Larak, while the Guards said several soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded. The competing accounts were not reconciled in the available reporting.
US helicopters and personnel at Al-Minhad base
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Originally published by Die Presse in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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