US Strikes Iranian Missile Launchers on Larak Island as IRGC Vows Heavy Retaliation

The United States struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, a strategic location near the Strait of Hormuz, after American officials said Iran was preparing to fire rockets and deploy sea mines in the shipping chokepoint.

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Vengeance upon criminals

CNN, citing an American official, reported the Sunday operation. Fox News said the strikes followed observations that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was preparing the launchers. Iran’s state broadcaster, Press TV, citing the IRGC, reported that several civilians and IRGC combatants were killed or injured. It did not give a precise number.

The IRGC’s public relations department warned of “vengeance upon criminals” and “the punishment of the aggressor.” IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi called the action a “grave blunder,” linking it to newly imposed US economic measures.

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The punishment of the aggressor.

“This action was a strategic and fatal error by the Trump regime in the course of the economic war, an error that will shift the balance against its planners and will entail heavy costs,” Mohebbi said. “The enemy will pay the consequences of this miscalculation in both the economic and military arenas.”

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Grave blunder

The confrontation followed the August 24 announcement by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of “Operation Economic Outcast,” a campaign intended to cut Iran off from global financial networks and regime revenue sources. The military strike adds a direct confrontation to the economic pressure campaign around the Strait of Hormuz.

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This action was a strategic and fatal error by the Trump regime in the course of the economic war, an error that will shift the balance against its planners and will entail heavy costs. The enemy will pay the consequences of this miscalculation in both the economic and military arenas.