\n Iran retaliated against US forces on Sunday after the US military struck Iranian rocket launchers, a US official said, marking the first escalation between the sides in over a month.\n <\/p>\n
\n Iranian missiles fired into Jordan have been intercepted, the official said, and no impacts have been reported so far.\n <\/p>\n
\n The attacks came after the US military struck Iran\u2019s Larak Island, where it observed Iranian forces preparing to launch rockets with mines into the Strait of Hormuz.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN has reached out to CENTCOM for comment on the Iranian attack.\n <\/p>\n
\n US forces struck two Iranian launchers on the island, said Capt. Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for US Central Command. Residents reported hearing an explosion near Larak Island on Sunday, according to Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars News Agency.\n <\/p>\n
\n Larak Island is near the strategic Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, a key global shipping route that has remained at the center of regional tensions and diplomatic efforts.\n <\/p>\n \n US Central Command completed clearing sea mines from the waterway\u2019s international shipping routes last week, the Trump administration has said. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that \u201cIran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cU.S. forces are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway,\u201d the US official said.\n <\/p>\n \n When asked for comment, the White House referred CNN to US Central Command.\n <\/p>\n \n Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed retaliation on Sunday after accusing what it described as a \u201cUS-Zionist enemy\u201d of carrying out an attack on Larak Island that it said resulted in casualties among Iranian forces and civilians.\n <\/p>\n \n A spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a short statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB that the \u201caction was a strategic and deadly mistake\u201d by the Trump administration.\n <\/p>\n \n The strikes come as Iran and Oman continue discussions over a proposed arrangement to restore maritime traffic through the strait, one of the world\u2019s most important energy chokepoints. Regional mediators, including Qatar, have backed the talks, while Iranian officials have repeatedly linked the future of navigation through the strait to broader discussions with Washington and regional security developments.\n <\/p>\n \n Sunday\u2019s attack marked the first US strikes on Iran since July 29, when the US completed a \u201cheavy wave of strikes\u201d in response to an attempted attack on American military positions the day before.\n <\/p>\n \n The White House said Thursday that there are no ongoing negotiations<\/a> between the US and Iran regarding the six-month war.\n <\/p>\n \n Trump in recent weeks has focused on increasing economic pain<\/a> for Iran rather than military actions, claiming last week that the US\u2019 financial strength will move the country \u201ctoward a very big victory.\u201d The US Treasury Department has threatened damaging new sanctions<\/a> on countries that refuse to cut economic ties with Iran, calling it an \u201ceconomic D-Day.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Meanwhile, oil prices jumped Sunday after the news that United States launched its first strikes on Iran in over a month. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 2.8% to $90.57 a barrel, while US crude rose 2.7% to $85.64 a barrel.\n <\/p>\n \n This story has been updated with additional information.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran retaliated against US forces on Sunday after the US military struck Iranian rocket launchers, a US official…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-877548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}