US forces launch strikes on Iran for first time in month

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (YPA) – The United States said Sunday it had carried out strikes on Iranian Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first attacks on Iran since late July.

“Earlier today, US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island,” a US Central Command spokesman said, claiming that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.”

The strikes came shortly after the US-Iran war hit the six-month mark, and at a time when hostilities had been subsiding.

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