(AP) — The United States military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond.The strikes were “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” US Central Command said on social media.

In a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, Trump said he had been informed by the U.S. military that an American helicopter was brought down by Iranian forces the previous…

President Donald Trump said the attack helicopter was downed by Iran and the aircraft’s pilots were rescued and uninjured.