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🇪🇸 Spain /Conflict & Security

U.S. and Iran exchange attacks for first time since July

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Ongoing story
  • U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, while Iran later fired missiles toward Jordan, which intercepted them, in the first direct attacks between the two sides since July.
  • The United States said the strike targeted Revolutionary Guard forces preparing to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran called it an act of aggression and threatened retaliation.
  • Oil prices rose above $90 a barrel as the renewed fighting heightened concern over the strategic waterway and global commerce.

The war between the United States and Iran returned to direct confrontation on Sunday after months in which Washington appeared more focused on squeezing Tehran economically than on fighting it openly. U.S. forces attacked two launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, according to Axios and later Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

limited and precise action

— U.S. Central CommandThe U.S. military’s description of its strike on Revolutionary Guard forces near the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Republic responded by launching missiles toward Jordan. The U.S.-aligned country intercepted them. The exchanges marked the first attacks between the two enemies since July, reviving fears around the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for maritime trade.

U.S. Central Command said its forces carried out a “limited and precise action” against Revolutionary Guard forces that were placing mines and posed an “imminent threat” in the strait. It said the operation aimed to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping and the free flow of global trade.

imminent threat

— U.S. Central CommandThe military said Iranian forces posed an immediate danger to shipping in the strait.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard described the strike as an American “aggression” and threatened retaliation. State broadcaster IRIB reported that combatants and civilians had been killed and wounded, while Tasnim, an outlet linked to the Guard, reported two dead and two wounded. The Guard accused Washington of attacking Larak to revive what it called its “sinister role” and promised punishment for the aggressor.

aggression

— Iranian Revolutionary GuardThe Guard’s characterization of the U.S. strike on Larak Island.

The renewed fighting pushed oil prices above $90 a barrel on Sunday. The account also said the Guard had prepared to launch rockets carrying sea mines toward the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that U.S. Central Command rejected while presenting its own account of the operation.

The attack will receive a response from the sons of Islamic Iran and there will be punishment for the aggressor

— Iranian Revolutionary GuardThe Guard’s threat of retaliation after the strike.
About this summary

Originally published by El País in Spanish. 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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