Iran claims retaliatory strikes on US bases in Jordan and UAE after American attack on Larak Island
X-Risk Daily
Monday 31 August 2026
Geopolitics & Conflict
The United States carried out its first publicly confirmed strike on Iranian territory in weeks on Sunday, 30 August, hitting two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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