US strikes Iran’s Larak Island in first attack in weeks
IRGC says attack in southern Iran killed and injured several soldiers. The United States has struck Larak Island in southern Iran in the first attack against the country since late July, a US official has confirmed to Al Jazeera.
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IRGC says attack in southern Iran killed and injured several soldiers. The United States has struck Larak Island in southern Iran in the first attack against the country since late July, a US official has confirmed to Al Jazeera.
Tehran vowed to retaliate for Sunday’s attack. The strikes risk renewing the military confrontation as the US shifts from the bombing campaign to a financial pressure strategy as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its seventh month. Six months on, what did the strikes on Iran achieve?
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