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US Central Command announced strikes on rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping. Iran retaliated by launching missiles at US sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while the UAE reported stopping an Iranian drone over its waters. President Trump claimed that US and Israeli bombardment has devastated Iran, describing it as a failed nation with much of its political leadership killed, economy crippled by inflation, and military weakened. The renewed fighting ends a month-long lull in the intermittent six-month war between the US and Iran. Iranian state TV reported explosions in Bandar Abbas. The escalation follows Trumps recent pivot toward economic pressure, though Iran has endured nearly five decades of US sanctions.
US Central Command said on Tuesday that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in theOn Sunday, the US military said it struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran responded by launching missiles at US sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while the United Arab Emirates said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters. He asserted that the US and Israeli bombardment has left Iran “a failed nation”. Trump said that much of the country’s political leadership has been killed, Iran’s economy is staggered by surging inflation and its military is devastated.
A boy walks in shallow water as commercial vessels are seen anchored in the background in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Razieh Poudat/ISNA/AP The US and Iran have been engaged in an intermittent war for more than six months, with the recent lull in fighting lasting a month. A return to open conflict would be dangerous for the region, where Iran has targeted US military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries since the war began.
Iranian state TV reported the sound of explosions in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas but did not provide details. The renewed fighting also comes after Mr Trump appeared to pivot last month toward punishing Iran economically with sanctions, with the president promising an “economic D-Day” against a country that has withstood nearly five decades of punishing American sanctions.
The Trump administration argued that it was only a matter of time and that striking the right economic target would get Tehran to its breaking point. Messages are written alongside photos of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and late Supreme Leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP But at the same time, US stockpiles of advanced weapons have been diminishing, while the war has been unpopular among Americans and could make Republicans vulnerable in November’s midterm elections. Central Command said in a statement on X on Monday that its attacks on Iranian targets on Sunday were narrowly focused on preventing IRGC forces from placing new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
“US forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz,” Central Command stated. A man holds an Iranian flag during a street celebration marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in Tehran “In essence, Iran created the threat and the US military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.
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