The United States attacks Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran responds with missiles against bases in Jordan

Explosions returned to the Strait of Hormuz after a month of tense calm between the US and Iran. Around ten at night Spanish time, the United States launched an attack against the island of Larak which, according to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, caused multiple deaths and injuries. A few hours later, the Tehran regime responded by launching missiles against North American bases in Jordan that, according to the first information, did not reach their target.

The US attack against Larak, located in the Strait of Hormuz, had the objective of destroying rockets that were loaded with sea mines, and that were going to be placed in that strategic passage, according to sources from the US Army transmitted to several local media.

For its part, in a statement released by the Iranian agencies Fars and Tasnim, linked to the Revolutionary Guard, a spokesperson for this elite body announced that the attack was carried out with drones and that it left people dead and injured, without specifying the numbers. He also assured that this “terrorist aggression” would be “punished.”

A few hours later, Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have attacked two US bases in Jordan in retaliation for the bombing of Washington. In a statement published by several Iranian agencies, the Revolutionary Guard said it had launched this operation combining missiles and drones against the Al Azraq and King Hussein bases causing “great damage”, without the impact against said targets having been revealed.

Shortly after the Iranian statement was released, the Jordanian army announced that it had intercepted eight missiles in its airspace, without specifying their origin.

Larak Island is located near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic location for global oil transit and the scene of a dispute between Iran and the United States since the start of the war.

Qatari television Al Jazeera had previously collected information from a US Army officer who claimed that Washington's objective was two Iranian rocket launchers stationed on the island.

Today's attack is the first known attack since late July, when the media reported bombings against dozens of military targets of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

After the collapse of the talks to reach peace and after the expiration of the ceasefire and the 60-day period to try to achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict, Washington announced a new and severe package of sanctions against Tehran, pointing out that its Administration was going to opt mainly for economic pressure.

However, the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, later came forward to clarify that the Pentagon did not rule out continuing to carry out “kinetic attacks” if necessary.