US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first attack in over a month, as Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards warn of a ‘retaliatory response’.
“U.S. forces in Jordan are under missile attack.”
FOX News’ @TreyYingst reports Iran is attacking U.S. bases in Jordan in response to American strikes on Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island.
“There are efforts underway to shoot down this incoming fire,” Yingst reports, as… pic.twitter.com/mTh23RgmbK
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In a statement shared by Iranian news agencies, the IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation, which it called “Punishment of the Aggressor”, hit the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says several soldiers and civilians were killed and injured in a US attack on Larak Island, state media reports, adding that it will be met with a “response and punishment.”
IRGC attacks US bases in Jordan after US bombs Larak Island
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has attacked US bases in Jordan after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.
- In a statement shared by Iranian news agencies, the IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation, which it called “Punishment of the Aggressor”, hit the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases.
- The IRGC says the US attack on Larak Island killed and wounded several Iranian fighters and civilians, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.
- In a written statement, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim heads of state to “recognise their real enemy, understand its plans and confront it”.
- In a written statement, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim heads of state to “recognise their real enemy, understand its plans and confront it”.
- Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran is in no hurry to reopen it.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it maintains firm control of the strait, accusing US leaders of spreading false statements about it to sway energy prices.
- Iraq is seeking to “be a bridge” between Tehran and Washington, the Iraqi prime minister’s security adviser, Qasim al-Araji, has told Al Jazeera.
Trump can squeeze Iran economically.
But a deal is not the same thing as peace.
Golda Meir understood what too many Western leaders still refuse to admit, you cannot negotiate lasting peace with someone who has come to kill you.
The Iranian people are not the enemy. The regime is.
And that regime has shown the world, over and over again, that ideology comes first, human life comes second, and every deal is just another delay.
Obama’s Iran deal did not solve the problem. It kicked the can down the road.
The question is whether America is finally ready to stop pretending paper agreements can change the nature of a regime built on hatred.
Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran’s Larak Island
Oil prices jumped more than 2 percent, with Brent back above $90 a barrel, after US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.