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US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak island amid tensions over Strait of Hormuz

From The Guardian · () English

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  • US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak island, according to a US official, in the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
  • Washington said the action responded to preparations by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran threatened economic and military retaliation as the conflict entered its sixth month and the strait remained blockaded.

The United States has carried out its first known strikes on Iran since late July, hitting two launchers on Larak island as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz intensify.

A US official said Revolutionary Guards forces had been observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency described the operation as a drone strike.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the attack killed and wounded several soldiers and civilians. A spokesperson said Tehran would respond with “response and punishment” and that the United States would pay on both economic and military fronts, according to Iranian media.

I can confirm that earlier today US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak island. Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

— US officialThe official described the US justification for the strikes.

The strike follows warnings from US President Donald Trump that any ship or boat placing new mines in the strait would be destroyed. Trump said last week that all mines in international waters had been detonated or removed.

The conflict has reached its six-month mark after US and Israeli attacks on Iran, followed by Iranian strikes on Israel and Gulf states hosting US bases. The fighting has killed thousands, displaced millions and left 18 US service members dead. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted a waterway that previously carried about one-fifth of the world’s consumed oil.

Response and punishment

— Iranian Revolutionary GuardsThe Guards warned that Tehran would retaliate for the attack.
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