US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers preparing to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz on August 30, 2026, the first attacks in a month. Iran retaliated with strikes on US positions, and the US launched fresh attacks by September 1, with Trump calling the strikes 'limited' but refusing to rule out further action.
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US Navy Captain Tim Hawkins confirmed the US had taken action in the Strait of Hormuz.
A U.S. official tells NBC News that U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers that were preparing to put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz today, marking the first attacks of the Iran war in weeks. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor reports.
The United States said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, prompting Tehran to retaliate. The US strikes resulted in "casualties," said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which in turn attacked US military targets in Jordan, state media reported.
Iran says it targeted U.S. bases in Jordan after CENTCOM announced strikes on rocket launchers on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in over a month, while Iran's president warned that more fighting with the US was not in his country's interest. After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed and the US persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran.
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The US hit two rocket launchers, saying they were about to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
The US and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in about a month with American forces striking an island in the Strait of Hormuz and the Islamic Republic launching attacks on the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
The U.S. said Sunday that it struck rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first strikes in weeks. Meanwhile, Iran said it retaliated by targeting American bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Aaron MacLean has more.
The U.S. and Iran traded strikes for the first time in weeks. American attacks targeted apparent Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.
The attack on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz - the first known US strike since late July - has killed two people and injured two others.
The U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend for the first time in a month. The attacks came after President Trump hit Iran with new sanctions. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean has more.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the US would hit back against Iranian attacks on US targets in the Middle East, according to a Fox News reporter. The Iranian attacks were themselves a response to US strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first flare-up in a month.
The hostilities have returned in Iran for the first time in more than a month, as a war that's dragged on for six months ramps up again, with no end in sight. CBS News' Weijia Jiang and Aaron MacLean have the latest.
The Middle East is again on edge after the first exchange of fire between the U. S. and Iran in over a month triggered missile launches and a spike in global oil prices. President Trump responded by declaring Iran a "failed nation" and shared an AI-generated video of an Iranian energy hub under attack. Liz Landers reports.
There is new turbulence in the war in Iran — but the pressing question is whether any of it will change the underlying realities of the six-month conflict. The latest dramatic development was an exchange of fire late Sunday in which the United States first attacked two Iranian rocket launchers that were reportedly seeking to deploy new...
President Trump called the first U.S. strikes on Iran in weeks "limited" but refused to rule out further action. Robert Murrett, a retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, weighs in.
Tehran remained defiant, warning that it would prevent oil being exported from the Gulf, despite a threat by US President Donald Trump to hit Iran "hard".