Iran Targets UAE, Jordan Bases After US Larak Island Strike
By The Media Line Staff
Iran launched attacks on US and allied military targets in the region in response to American strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday night, as fighting between the two countries resumed for the first time since July.
Iran’s military said it attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with dozens of drones in retaliation for the US strike on Larak Island, Iranian state television reported.
The action followed a US strike against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel were allegedly seen preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines toward the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said.
Tasnim initially reported two people killed and others wounded in the Larak strike. The Revolutionary Guards later said several soldiers and civilians were killed and threatened “response and punishment.”
The IRGC Navy said a tanker attempting to use the southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz struck two naval mines, caught fire, and was stopped. The IRGC said the vessel had attempted to use an “illegal passage” and warned shipping companies to follow its regulations governing passage through the strait.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, departing for Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, said Iran would retaliate against US actions: “We are not seeking war, but we will not stand idly by in the face of any aggression and will respond decisively.”
US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video that he claimed showed Iran’s oil hub, Kharg Island, being bombed “to smithereens” hours after the US and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time since July. However, no reports indicated that Kharg Island was under attack.
The Revolutionary Guards separately said they targeted the Al-Azraq and King Hussein American bases in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to the Larak strikes. Jordan’s military said it intercepted eight missiles that entered its airspace, Reuters reported.
Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, citing an American source, reported that the Iranian attack had caused no significant impact and that most missiles were intercepted. Sabereen, a news agency associated with pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, reported explosions in Aqaba and missile fire toward ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent, meanwhile, told Reuters that Washington expects to announce new secondary sanctions against Iran every week, initially targeting banks maintaining Iranian financial ties.
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