Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuUS-Israel war on IranStrait of HormuzWhat is Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain?Why have strikes resumed?Bodies of EvidenceLive updates, US Central Command says its forces bombed two rocket launchers of the IRGC on Larak Island.An IRGC missile being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in the Gulf [File: AFP]By Yashraj Sharma and Rached El-MoctarPublished On 31 Aug 2026
Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military targets at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the launchers were preparing to launch naval mines into the Strait of Hormuz and presented an “imminent threat”.
