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Fresh clash erupts near Larak Island

Tensions between the United States and Iran have turned into open fighting again in the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of relative calm. According to a U.S. official, American forces struck two missile launchers on Larak Island, near the strait, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two people were killed and two others injured in the attack.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the operation was a limited and precise response against mine-laying elements posing an immediate threat in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the BBC, the strike was the first known U.S. attack on Iran since President Donald Trump halted a renewed military campaign in late July.

The pro-Iranian Tasnim news agency said the attack was carried out with drones. The Revolutionary Guards also claimed to have shot down a U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran claims retaliation against U.S. bases in Jordan

Jordan’s army says eight missiles were intercepted

Iranian state media reported that Tehran responded to the Larak strike by targeting the U.S. bases at King Hussein and al-Azraq in Jordan with ballistic missiles. Jordan’s army said eight missiles fired in the early hours of Monday were intercepted.

The Revolutionary Guards said technical infrastructure, maintenance facilities and fighter jet deployment areas were hit in the attack. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also said in remarks broadcast on state television that his country did not want war, but would deliver a decisive response to aggressors.

Why the risk in the Strait of Hormuz is rising

The Strait of Hormuz is seen as one of the world’s most critical energy transit routes. Before the war began, about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments moved through the waterway.

  • Larak Island lies off Iran’s Bandar Abbas port and sits above the strait.
  • Washington announced a new sanctions campaign against Tehran on 24 August.

Donald Trump said last week that mines Iran allegedly placed in the strait had been neutralized or removed, warning that ships laying new mines would be destroyed. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed the claim as propaganda.

After the latest strikes, Trump also shared AI-generated videos on his Truth Social account showing Iran’s oil infrastructure exploding. More than six months of heightened conflict, following the large-scale exchange of strikes that began on 28 February, has once again raised security risks around the strait.

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