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The United States struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, August 30, 2026, prompting Iranian retaliation in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the US attack killed two people and injured two others. Washington said it had prevented the imminent laying of naval mines. Iran then targeted Al Minhad airbase and two bases hosting US forces in Jordan. Sources disagree on whether the projectiles used in Jordan were missiles or drones. Senior US military commanders have also opposed extending some war-related deployments.
The United States struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
Washington said the strikes prevented the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from imminently laying naval mines. The Iranian paramilitary organisation reports directly to the country’s Supreme Leader.
Tasnim, a privately owned Iranian news agency described as semi-official, reported that two people were killed and two others injured.
The strikes ended a month of relative calm and marked the first large-scale exchange during that period.
On Monday, August 31, 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched drones at Al Minhad airbase in retaliation.
Al Minhad is a military airport in the United Arab Emirates that hosts US forces.
Iran also targeted two bases hosting US forces in Jordan. Le Temps described the projectiles as missiles, while Lost in the Jungle reported drones. Jordanian authorities said they intercepted most of them.
In the Strait of Hormuz, a supertanker struck two mines.
Six months after the war began, Washington retained a tangible advantage. Bombing and the blockade had not, however, forced Tehran to yield.
A classified Pentagon document disclosed by The Washington Post records a formal disagreement among several senior US military officials.
The commanders responsible for Europe, the Pacific and Latin America oppose extending some deployments connected to the war.
The Navy’s most senior officer also objected. All of the officials nevertheless said they would carry out their orders.
The officials said the effort could no longer be sustained at the same pace and warned that the prolonged war was weakening the United States on other fronts.
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