U.S. strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates
The USA stated on Sunday (August 30, 2026) it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island within the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, prompting Tehran to retaliate.
The U.S. strikes resulted in “casualties,” stated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which in flip attacked US navy targets in Jordan, state media reported.
The Guards “focused technical infrastructure, upkeep services, and enemy fighter jet positions on the U.S.-operated King Hussein and Al-Azraq airbases in Jordan” with ballistic missiles, inflicting “heavy injury,” in keeping with state TV.
– AFP
