Iran attacks Jordan, UAE after US bombs Larak Island: What’s the latest?
Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military assets in the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for strikes on Larak Island in the first active exchange between the two sides since late July. The Iranian response came after the United States claimed to have hit two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Fact 1: Early on Monday morning, Iran’s Fars and Mehr news agencies cited a statement from the IRGC that said its air defences had intercepted “a long-range American MQ9 drone” over the Strait of Hormuz, which then fell into the Gulf.
Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military assets in the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for strikes on Larak Island in the first active exchange between the two sides since late July. The Iranian response came after the United States claimed to have hit two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
A US official told Al Jazeera Arabic following the attack that the launchers were preparing to fire missiles carrying naval mines towards the waterway. What’s behind the US move to hit Egyptian bank with Iran sanctions? Top officials from Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to meet in Istanbul US plans to sanction another bank to keep economic pressure on Iran In his first comments since the attack, President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was “not looking for war”, but would “never sit still in the face of any aggression” either.
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