US and Iran exchange attacks for the first time in weeks

The United States and Iran have exchanged attacks for the first time since late July, reopening a confrontation around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said it carried out “limited, targeted measures” against Iranian Revolutionary Guard units that posed an immediate threat in the waterway.

US strikes targeted two missile launch sites on Larak island, near the strait, according to Axios, Fox News and CBS News, citing a US official. A Centcom spokesman said Revolutionary Guard members had been observed trying to launch missiles carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard described its attack on two US military bases in Jordan as retaliation. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that two people were killed and two others wounded in the US strike on Larak, while Iranian accounts said infrastructure was destroyed in the counterattack. Jordan’s state news agency Petra, citing the military, said its forces intercepted and destroyed eight Iranian missiles before they could threaten people or property. A US official cited by CNN said no impacts had been reported.

Centcom said the US operation removed an Iranian-created threat to civilian sailors, commercial shipping and the free movement of goods. It rejected the Revolutionary Guard’s description of the strikes as an act of aggression. Shortly before the exchange, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that a tanker had been hit by an unidentified projectile off Oman. No injuries or environmental damage were reported, and responsibility remained unclear.

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