Iran fires retaliatory strikes following US attacks on Larak island in the Strait of Hormuz

The US attacks on Iran are the first in around a month as the Trump administration had shifted its war objective to inflict maximum economic pain on Tehran. Washington says the strikes were aimed at preventing Iranian forces from disrupting global shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The exchange on Sunday was the first known military action between the two nations in a month, raising the risk of a renewed round of fighting.

US says attack was response to ⁠Revolutionary Guards preparing rockets to launch sea mines into strait US forces have struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island on Sunday, a US official said, marking the ⁠first known American strikes since late July. “I can confirm that earlier today US forces struck two Iran

US forces have struck two Iranian launchers ‌on Iran's Larak Island, Axios reports, citing ‌a US ‌official.