US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, August 30, after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel were seen preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the vital waterway.
Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the launchers had been targeted to prevent the planned deployment. The operation marked the first known US strike against Iran in about a month.
Semi-official Iranian news outlets reported explosions near Larak Island, which lies close to the shipping route through the strait. The US military said it had completed clearing mines from the waterway’s international shipping lanes the previous week.
Iran’s state broadcaster later carried a statement from the Revolutionary Guard reporting the deaths and injuries of several fighters and other people. It warned that the attack would “result in punishment of the aggressor”.
The strike came after months of intermittent fighting between the United States and Iran, and as Washington had indicated it intended to rely more heavily on economic pressure than further military action. ([axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strike-hormuz-mines?utm_source=openai))
