Iran says US ‘will regret its new attacks’ after Trump warns of ‘much harder’ action if Tehran retaliates – Middle East crisis live
Centcom says strikes come after Iran’s attempted attacks on shipping These latest strikes come after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time in a month over the weekend.
The US military said it had struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the strait of Hormuz on Sunday, in its first strikes on Iran since July, after it detected the Iranians were planning to deploy fresh mines in the critical waterway.
Today at 12 p.m.
ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran.
The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.
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