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Screenshot of Truth Social post on US President Donald Trump\u2019s account on August 31, 2026 [@realDonaldTrump]<\/p>\nIran says it launched missiles at two US bases in Jordan following a US attack on Larak Island in southern Iran earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In a statement reported by Iranian news agencies on Sunday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the combined missile and drone operation, which it called \u201cPunishment of the Aggressor\u201d, hit the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases in Jordan.<\/p>\n
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The exchange of attacks is the first flare-up in violence between the two sides since late July.<\/p>\n
The IRGC said the strikes \u201cdestroyed the technical and repair infrastructure, as well as the enemy fighter deployment sites\u201d, inflicting significant damage.<\/p>\n
Jordan reported intercepting eight missiles soon after the IRGC announced the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cAir defence systems intercepted eight missiles that breached the Kingdom\u2019s airspace at dawn today, Monday,\u201d the Jordanian military said in a statement.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported at either base.<\/p>\n
In a further development on Monday, the IRGC said it shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Fars and Mehr news agencies cited a statement from the IRGC that said that its air defences had intercepted \u201ca long-range American MQ9 drone\u201d over the Strait of Hormuz, which then fell into the Gulf.<\/p>\n
In his first comments since the US attack on Iran\u2019s Larak Island, President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran was \u201cnot looking for war\u201d, but would \u201cnever sit still in the face of any aggression\u201d either.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian made the comments as he was leaving for Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to attend the summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries.<\/p>\n
Tehran has promised to retaliate for Sunday\u2019s US attack on Larak Island.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform on Monday, seemingly depicting the bombing of Iran\u2019s Kharg Island.<\/p>\n
Screenshot of Truth Social post on US President Donald Trump\u2019s account on August 31, 2026 [@realDonaldTrump]<\/p>\n
The footage shows an oil storage tank and an oil tanker exploding, as watched from aircraft above.<\/p>\n
\u201cKharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n
There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack.<\/p>\n
Before the war started, Kharg Island handled the majority of Iran\u2019s oil exports, making it a vital economic node.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly threatened<\/a> to seize or destroy the island since the start of the war.<\/p>\n The strikes risk renewing the military confrontation<\/a> as Washington shifts from its bombing campaign to a financial pressure strategy on Tehran, and as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its seventh month.<\/p>\n On Monday, the US military denied that its Sunday attacks were an \u201cact of aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n US Central Command (Centcom) said on X that the US took \u201climited, precise action\u201d to prevent Iranian forces from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and blamed Iran for the attacks.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Fars news agency said that the attack by the \u201cAmerican-Zionist enemy\u201d killed and injured soldiers, without providing a figure.<\/p>\n In recent weeks, Washington has been claiming control over the Strait of Hormuz, saying that millions of barrels of oil have passed through the waterway under US military protection despite Tehran\u2019s blockade.<\/p>\n Still, attacks on ships in the strait have been reported almost daily, and Iran has maintained that the waterway is closed.<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s strikes show that the US is still willing to use military force despite the intensified sanctions to pressure Iran to make concessions over its nuclear programme and claims of control over Hormuz.<\/p>\n Iran has previously responded to similar US attacks by launching missiles and drones at military bases hosting US troops in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n